tribe /trīb/

1. A division of a pre-industrial nation or people for political purposes
2. A set of people theoretically of common descent
3. An aggregate of families, forming a community
4. A race
5. A breed
6. A class or set of people
7. (loosely) a classificatory division

trīˈbal adjective

trīˈbalism noun

1. The existence of tribes as a social phenomenon
2. (loyalty to) the conventions, etc, of one's tribe

trīˈbalist noun

trīˈbalistic adjective

trīˈbally adverb

tribeˈless adjective

tribesˈman or tribesˈwoman noun

tribesˈpeople plural noun

• cursives
• cursor
• cursorary
• cursores
• cursorial
• cursorily
• cursoriness
• cursorinesses
• cursors
• cursory
• curst
• curstness
• curstnesses
• cursus
• curt
• curt.
• curtail
• curtailed
• curtailer
• curtailers
• curtailing
• curtailment
• curtailments
• curtails
• curtail-step