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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024trib•al (trī′bəl),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a tribe:tribal customs.
trib ′al•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈtribal /ˈtraɪbəl/ adj - of or denoting a tribe or tribes: tribal chiefs in northern Yemen
- displaying loyalty to a tribe, group, or tribal values: the tribal loyalties of Labour MPs
tribe /traɪb/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Anthropologya group of people descended from the same ancestor, having similar customs and traditions.
trib•al, adj. tri•bal•ism, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tribe (trīb),USA pronunciation n. - any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc.
- a local division of an aboriginal people.
- a division of some other people.
- a class or type of animals, plants, articles, or the like.
- [Animal Husb.]a group of animals, esp. cattle, descended through the female line from a common female ancestor.
- [Biol.]
- a category in the classification of organisms usually between a subfamily and a genus or sometimes between a suborder and a family.
- any group of plants or animals.
- a company, group, or number of persons.
- a class or set of persons, esp. one with strong common traits or interests.
- a large family.
- [Rom. Hist.]
- any one of three divisions of the people representing the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan settlements.
- any of the later political divisions of the people.
- [Gk. Hist.]a phyle.
- Latin tribus tribe, origin, originally, each of the three divisions of the Roman people; often taken as derivative of trēs three, though formation unclear
- Middle English 1200–50
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