tribe
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- noun
- /traɪb/
- I feel like an anthropologist... finding some primitive tribe squatting around a fire in the forest... telling stories, sparks flying up in the air.
- Indian tribe
- native tribes
- nomadic tribe
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Watch on YouTubeThis is also in sapiens, like isolated tribes that are still around.
- This is also in sapiens, like isolated tribes that are still around.
- And I was born into a head hunting tribe called the Ebon.
- These may be the islands where the chief said the tribe arrived from a star.
- And somehow these two, you know, tribes are in a perpetual war.
- How do we bring all of these disparate warring tribes together in this country?
- You are one tribe visiting another tribe, and you don't speak the language.
- They were slaves in Africa and sold voluntarily by African tribes to Europeans.
- And the moment betraying the tribe, that's a taboo.
- So uncontacted tribes, what do you find most fascinating about them?
Examples
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In the heart of Sudan, there is a tribe of warriors known as the Ngbaka.
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The researchers used this knowledge to include both tribes in the planning of the project.
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And it used to be that each tribe elected its own general.
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And I know that the right tribe will come to me for that.
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I was raised by the local tribe.
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Instead, they were hundreds of independent tribes who spoke the same language.
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I am a member of the Cheyenne-Arapaho tribe and am very involved in Native American activities.
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How do we bring all of these disparate warring tribes together in this country?
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'A long time ago, the Touganda tribe possessed the skulls.
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The members of the tribe celebrated their cultural heritage during the annual festival.
Synonyms
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A group of families who are related and share the same identity
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People who share the same culture, language, or family history
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A society organized by groups of related families with traditional customs
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A group of people who share the same culture and history
A group of people who are related by blood or marriage
A group of people related by blood or marriage like an extended family
Idioms
- Informal
To discover a group of people who share your interests and make you feel at home
Compounds
A group of people who live by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants
- Specialized
A group of animals that includes water buffalo and their close relatives
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tribe comes from the old Latin word tribus, which meant 'division' and is linked to tres meaning 'three', a connection you can see in the English word trio. So a tribe became a group of people who share ancestry, language, and customs.