Berber

['bə:bə]

Definition

(noun.) a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco.

(noun.) a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa.

Typist: Thaddeus--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.

Checked by Laurie

Definition

n. and adj. a member of one of the Hamitic tribes inhabiting the mountainous regions of Barbary and the northern portions of the Great Desert originally occupying the whole southern coast of the Mediterranean: the language spoken by the Berbers.

Checker: Lorenzo