How to pronounce “tribe”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.
• (synecdochically) A tribal nation or people.
• (informal, derogatory) A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or Native America.
• A socially cohesive group of people within a society.
• A class or group of things.
• (zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.
• (taxonomy) A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
• A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.
• The collective noun for various animals.
• (stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.

Practice Nearby Words

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