TRIBE

Tribe

A tribe is viewed, historically or developmentally, as a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states. Many anthropologists used the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .

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tribe

Noun

  1. A socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.
  2. A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
  3. The collective noun for various animals.
  4. A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
  5. A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
    the Duchess tribe of shorthorns

Verb

  1. To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.


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