About The Word Tribe
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Tribe
Tribe Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Tribe?
[n] group of people related by blood or marriage
[n] (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily [n] a federation (as of American Indians) [n] a social division of (usually preliterate) people Synonyms | Synonyms for Tribe: clan | federation of tribes | folk | kin | kin group | kindred | kinship group Related Terms | Find terms related to Tribe: See Also | Bambuseae | Bovini | clan member | clansman | clanswoman | family | family tree | family unit | folks | genealogy | Maya | Mayan | moiety | Nahuatl | nation | phyle | relation | relative | social group | taxon | taxonomic group | totem | tribe Bambuseae | tribe Bovini | Tribes of Israel | tribesman | Twelve Tribes of Israel Tribe In Webster's Dictionary \Tribe\, n. [L. tribus, originally, a third part of the
Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe;
of uncertain origin: cf. F. tribu.]
1. 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. ``The Lion of the tribe of Juda.'' --Rev.
v. 5.
A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak.
2. (Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain
structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of
plants; a tribe of animals.
Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a
group of animals or plants intermediate between order
and genus.
3. A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude
people united under one leader or government; as, the
tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.
4. A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from
whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as,
the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
5. (Stock Breeding) A family of animals descended from some
particular female progenitor, through the female line; as,
the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
\Tribe\, v. t. To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.] Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. --Abp. Nicolson. |
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