What is "tribe" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does tribe mean in English? Meaning of tribe definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "tribe" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "tribe": a social division of (usually preliterate) people

Noun

  • Meaning: a social division of (usually preliterate) people
  • Synonyms: folk tribe
  • Hyponyms: phyle
  • Hypernyms: social group
  • Member Holonyms: moiety
  • Meaning of "tribe": a federation (as of American Indians)

    Noun

  • Meaning: a federation (as of American Indians)
  • Synonyms: federation of tribes tribe
  • Hypernyms: nation
  • Member Holonyms: maya mayan nahuatl olmec
  • Meaning of "tribe": (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

    Noun

  • Meaning: (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
  • Synonyms: tribe
  • Hyponyms: bambuseae bovini tribe bambuseae tribe bovini
  • Hypernyms: taxon taxonomic category taxonomic group
  • Meaning of "tribe": group of people related by blood or marriage

    Noun

  • Meaning: group of people related by blood or marriage
  • Synonyms: clan kin kin group kindred kinship group tribe
  • Hyponyms: family family tree family unit folks genealogy mishpachah mishpocha totem tribes of israel twelve tribes of israel
  • Hypernyms: social group
  • Member Holonyms: clan member clansman clanswoman relation relative tribesman
  • Synonyms:

    clan, society, caste, association, people, lineage, division, kind, horde, house, blood, kindred, ilk, dynasty, sort, race, kin, seed, type, class, stock,

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    tribe in English: tribe
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