tribe
noun
1. a social division of (usually preliterate) people
Similar word(s): folk
Definition categories: group
2. a federation (as of American Indians)
Definition categories: group, nation
3. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
Definition categories: group, taxon
4. group of people related by blood or marriage
Similar word(s): clan, kin, kindred
Definition categories: group
Sentences with tribe as a noun:
- the Duchess tribe of shorthorns
verb
1. (transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.