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- Dictionarytribe/trʌɪb/
noun
- 1. a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader: "indigenous Indian tribes" Similar
- 2. a taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany).
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noun. ˈtrīb. plural tribes. Synonyms of tribe. 1. a. : a social group composed chiefly of numerous families, clans, or generations having a shared ancestry and language. b. : a political division of the Roman people originally representing one of the three original tribes of ancient Rome. c. : phyle. 2.
a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities: a tribe of Amazonian Indians. the Masai tribe. informal. a large family or other group that someone belongs to:
Tribes of Madhya Pradesh, India. Men of the Shkreli tribe at the feast of Saint Nicholas at Bzheta in Shkreli territory, Albania, 1908. The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology.
Tribe definition: any group of people, typically a subdivision of a nation or an ethnic group, that is united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, shared customs and traditions, recognition of the same leader or leaders, etc.; a group of related clans. See examples of TRIBE used in a sentence.
A tribe is a traditional social group of people. Most tribes have existed much longer than existing states and countries. Tribes follow rules and traditions that aren't connected to modern-day governments or mainstream societies.
a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns or cities: a tribe of Amazonian Indians. the Masai tribe. informal. a large family or other group that someone belongs to:
A political, ethnic, or ancestral division of ancient states and cultures, especially: Any group of people having the same occupation, habits, ideas, etc. The tribe of drama critics. A taxonomic category that is a subdivision of a subfamily of plants or animals and consists of several closely related genera.
The twelve tribes of Israel were descended from the twelve sons of Jacob. Sometimes Offensive. a group of Indigenous people sharing the same ethnicity, language, territory, customs, history, etc.: now often referred to as a nation. the current entry.
Definition of tribe noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a group of people who live together, usually in areas far away from cities, and who share the same culture and language and still have a traditional way of life: Native American tribes. tribal. adjective. relating to a tribe: a tribal dance. (Definition of tribe from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
