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| tribe [ trīb ] (plural tribes) |
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1. social division of people: a society or division of a society whose members have ancestry, customs, beliefs, and leadership in common
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2. family: a large family
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informal
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3. group with something in common: a group of people who have something in common such as an occupation, social background, or political viewpoint
  rebelled against the whole tribe of earnest policy makers
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4. biology taxonomic division: a division in the scientific classification of animals and plants, between a subfamily and a genus
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5. ancient hist ancient Roman social group: one of the three groups, Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans, into which ancient Roman society was divided
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| [13th century. Via Old French tribu< Latin tribus "one of three ethnic divisions of the Roman people" < tri- "three"] |
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| trib·al adjective |
| trib·al·ly adverb |
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