tribes
Meaning
plural of tribe
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɹaɪbz/
New
tribe
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- An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
- A tribal nation or people.
- (informal) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
- A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
- A class or group of things.
- A group of apes who live and work together.
- A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
- A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
- The collective noun for various animals.
- A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
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