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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Saxon :: Saxon (n.) One of a nation or people who formerly dwelt in the northern part of Germany, and who, with other Teutonic tribes, invaded and conquered England in the fifth and sixth centuries..
Assegai :: Assegai (n.) A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin..
Anatifa :: Anatifa (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia..
Manitu :: Manitu (n.) A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship..
Scald :: Scald (n.) One of the ancient Scandinavian poets and historiographers; a reciter and singer of heroic poems, eulogies, etc., among the Norsemen; more rarely, a bard of any of the ancient Teutonic tribes..
People :: People (n.) The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation..
Pressiroster :: Pressiroster (n.) One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers..
Wichitas :: Wichitas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians native of the region between the Arkansas and Red rivers. They are related to the Pawnees. See Pawnees.
Nomadic :: Nomadic (a.) Of or pertaining to nomads, or their way of life; wandering; moving from place to place for subsistence; as, a nomadic tribe..
Ocypodian :: Ocypodian (n.) One of a tribe of crabs which live in holes in the sand along the seashore, and run very rapidly, -- whence the name..
Tewan :: Tewan (n.) A tribe of American Indians including many of the Pueblos of New Mexico and adjacent regions.
Turanians :: Turanians (n. pl.) A group of races or tribes inhabiting Asia and closely related to the Mongols.
Osages :: Osages (n. pl.) A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory..
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..
Hetarism :: Hetarism (n.) A supposed primitive state of society, in which all the women of a tribe were held in common..
Shrimp :: Shrimp (v.) In a more general sense, any species of the macruran tribe Caridea, or any species of the order Schizopoda, having a similar form..
Shoshones :: Shoshones (n. pl.) A linguistic family or stock of North American Indians, comprising many tribes, which extends from Montana and Idaho into Mexico. In a restricted sense the name is applied especially to the Snakes, the most northern of the tribes..
Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon the leaves of plants, as the chafers..
Scincoidea :: Scincoidea (n. pl.) A tribe of lizards including the skinks. See Skink.
Crows :: Crows (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas..
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