Tribe

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɹaɪb/
• Rhymes: -aɪb

Origin

From Middle English, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus.

Full definition of tribe

Noun

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

Derived terms

• tribal
• tribelet

Verb

1. (transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
• Archbishop NicolsonOur fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.

Anagrams

• biter, rebit, Tiber