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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. | |
2. | (Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; | |
3. | A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; | |
4. | A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; | |
5. | (Stock Breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; | |
v. t. | 1. | To distribute into tribes or classes. |
Noun | 1. | tribe - a social division of (usually preliterate) people Synonyms: folk |
2. | tribe - a federation (as of American Indians) Synonyms: federation of tribes | |
3. | tribe - (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily | |
4. | tribe - group of people related by blood or marriage |