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tribe
(tr/aI/b )

noun (n)

  • a social division of (usually preliterate) people(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    folk
    source: wordnet30
  • a federation (as of American Indians)(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    federation of tribes
    source: wordnet30
  • (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily(noun.group)
    source: wordnet30
  • group of people related by blood or marriage(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group
    source: wordnet30
  • A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To distribute into tribes or classes.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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