Definition of tribe

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Tribe (n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe..

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Loups :: Loups (n. pl.) The Pawnees, a tribe of North American Indians whose principal totem was the wolf..
Modocs :: Modocs (n. pl.) A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.
Muskogees :: Muskogees (n. pl.) A powerful tribe of North American Indians that formerly occupied the region of Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. They constituted a large part of the Creek confederacy..
Elodian :: Elodian (n.) One of a tribe of tortoises, including the terrapins, etc., in which the head and neck can be withdrawn..
Aboriginal :: Aboriginal (a.) First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America..
Zalambdodont :: Zalambdodont (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe (Zalambdodonta) of Insectivora in which the molar teeth have but one V-shaped ridge.
Gypsy :: Gypsy (n.) One of a vagabond race, whose tribes, coming originally from India, entered Europe in 14th or 15th centry, and are now scattered over Turkey, Russia, Hungary, Spain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany..
Bovid :: Bovid (a.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
Miamis :: Miamis (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians that formerly occupied the country between the Wabash and Maumee rivers.
Narragansetts :: Narragansetts (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.
Head :: Head (a.) Principal; chief; leading; first; as, the head master of a school; the head man of a tribe; a head chorister; a head cook..
Judahite :: Judahite (n.) One of the tribe of Judah; a member of the kingdom of Judah; a Jew.
Pagan :: Pagan (n.) Of or pertaining to pagans; relating to the worship or the worshipers of false goods; heathen; idolatrous, as, pagan tribes or superstitions..
Vagantes :: Vagantes (p. pl.) A tribe of spiders, comprising some of those which take their prey in a web, but which also frequently run with agility, and chase and seize their prey..
Siphonobranchiata :: Siphonobranchiata (n. pl.) A tribe of gastropods having the mantle border, on one or both sides, prolonged in the form of a spout through which water enters the gill cavity. The shell itself is not always siphonostomatous in this group..
Cayugas :: Cayugas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations..
Choctaws :: Choctaws (n. pl.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory..
Siphonostomata :: Siphonostomata (n. pl.) A tribe of parasitic copepod Crustacea including a large number of species that are parasites of fishes, as the lerneans. They have a mouth adapted to suck blood..
Zingiberaceous :: Zingiberaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to ginger, or to a tribe (Zingibereae) of endogenous plants of the order Scitamineae. See Scitamineous..
Seannachie :: Seannachie (n.) A bard among the Highlanders of Scotland, who preserved and repeated the traditions of the tribes; also, a genealogist..
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