TRIBE

kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe

(noun) group of people related by blood or marriage

tribe

(noun) (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

tribe, federation of tribes

(noun) a federation (as of American Indians)

tribe, folk

(noun) a social division of (usually preliterate) people

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

tribe (plural tribes)

A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.

(anthropology) A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.

(zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.

(taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.

The collective noun for various animals.

(stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.

Verb

tribe (third-person singular simple present tribes, present participle tribing, simple past and past participle tribed)

(transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

Anagrams

• Berti, Breit, Tiber, biter, rebit

Source: Wiktionary

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Tribe, n. Etym: [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.)

Definition: 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.family is 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)

Definition: A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.

Tribe, v. t.

Definition: To distribute into tribes or classes. [R.] Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. Abp. Nicolson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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