Tribe

n.	1.
	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. A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. - Shak.
	2.	(Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.
	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) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
v. t.	1.	To distribute into tribes or classes. Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed. - Abp. Nicolson.

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 Synonyms: clan, kin group, kindred, kinship group, kin

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