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ˈsubtribe
[sub- 7 b.]
A subdivision of a tribe.
1836–9Todd's Cycl. Anat. II. 860/1 The second sub-tribe, Hydradephaga, includes the predaceous water-beetles. 1857[see subclass]. 1857, etc. [see hapu]. 1859R. F. Burton Centr. Afr. in Jrnl. Geog. Soc. XXIX. 84 The Wazaramo number many sub⁓tribes, the principal of which are the Wákámbá. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 150 Tribe iv. Seselineæ... Sub-tribe 2. Coriandreæ. 1958G. Lienhardt in Middleton & Tait Tribes without Rulers 103 A tribe is divided into subtribes, its largest political segments. 1977Time 19 Dec. 21/3 Its population of 2·5 million citizens includes members of 76 ethnic groups, mostly subtribes of the Tswana.
Hence ˈsubtribual a., pertaining to a subtribe.
1881Bentham in Jrnl. Lin. Soc. XVIII. 287 The most important tribual and subtribual characters. |