Tribe
[traɪb]
Definition
(noun.) (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily.
(noun.) a federation (as of American Indians).
(noun.) a social division of (usually preliterate) people.
Edited by Bridget--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
(v. t.) To distribute into tribes or classes.
Editor: Maureen
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Family, race, clan.[2]. Class (of persons or things), order, division, distinct portion.
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Definition
n. an aggregate of stocks—a stock being an aggregate of persons considered to be kindred—or an aggregate of families forming a community usually under the government of a chief: a number of things having certain common qualities.—adj. Trib′al.—n. Trib′alism.—adv. Trib′ally.—ns. Tribe′let; Tribes′man.
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Examples
- The tribe was a big family; the nation a group of tribal families; a household often contained hundreds of people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As soon as the tribe found out that we had a doctor in our party, they began to flock in from all quarters. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- For hours the fury of the storm continued without surcease, and still the tribe huddled close in shivering fear. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- If he belonged to some savage tribe he had a savage wife--a dozen of them perhaps--and wild, half-caste children. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It missed its mark, and completely failed, as is often the way with his tribe too. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The head of the household or the tribe was less of a leader and more of a master, more like the Pal?olithic Old Man. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Next to the cocoanut tree, the date is unquestionably the most interesting and useful of the palm tribe. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Except for quite personal possessions, there was still an air of patriarchal communism about the tribe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But they are an extinct tribe that never existed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There are no fish of the shark tribe in the Bower waters? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have just one word to say of the whole tribe; they are a nuisance. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In his life he had fought for his tribe, even if he had bullied it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All the tribe have heard. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- On the whole, it was probably some creature of the weasel and stoat tribe--and yet it is larger than any of these that I have seen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There he at once became interested in teaching his father’s system of Visible Speech to a tribe of Mohawk Indians in the neighborhood. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Warlike Tribes have been put to flight so easily by civilised armies in modern times that such tribes have been doubted as possessing their boasted or even natural courage. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He made these of honey, of barley, and, as the Aryan tribes spread southward, of the grape. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Among nations of hunters, such as the native tribes of North America, age is the sole foundation of rank and precedency. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It is well known that Indians are of different tribes, nations, and languages, as well as the white people. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The Latin tribes on the other side of the Tiber were by comparison barbaric. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Possibly they pronounced their consonants very hard and had rather indeterminate vowels, as is said to be still the case with tribes of South Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Probably each of these original tribes was not more numerous altogether than the Indians in Hudson Bay Territory to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were quite a number of remnants of tribes in the vicinity of Portland in Oregon, and of Fort Vancouver in Washington Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mixed races produce mixed results, splendid, I own, in many cases, but not so severely unique and classic as would be the case with untamed tribes. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The tribes are represented by their totems, martens, bear, manfish, and catfish, led by the crane. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- These Etruscan people conquered most of Italy north of the Tiber from the Aryan tribes who were scattered over that country. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Crassus found himself against the Scythian again; against mobile tribes of horsemen led by a monarch in Median costume. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The sheiks of the tribes, under a king of the poets, sat in judgment and awarded prizes; the prize songs were sung through all Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Take the case of our own Indian tribes. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Wu Wang seems to have been helped by allies from among the south-western tribes as well as by a popular revolt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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