tribe

  • 31tribe — [13] Tribe comes via Old French tribu from Latin tribus ‘division of the Roman people’. This was probably derived from the base *tri ‘three’, and denoted etymologically the ‘three original tribes of Rome’ – the Tities, the Ramnes, and the Luceres …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 32tribe n — An impassioned speech to a tribe of overweight indians: A diet tribe …

    English expressions

  • 33tribe — noun (C) 1 a social group consisting of people of the same race who have the same beliefs, customs, language etc, and usually live in one particular area ruled by a chief: the tribes living in the Amazonian jungle see race 1 2 a group of related… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34tribe — [13] Tribe comes via Old French tribu from Latin tribus ‘division of the Roman people’. This was probably derived from the base *tri ‘three’, and denoted etymologically the ‘three original tribes of Rome’ – the Tities, the Ramnes, and the Luceres …

    Word origins

  • 35tribe — 1) a category of the family group subordinate to the subfamily 2) an individual taxon of the category tribe . Its recommended ending is –ini …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 36tribe — n. [L. tribus, tribe] A taxonomic category containing a group intermediate between the genus and the subfamily; names of tribes end in ini …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 37tribe — In biologic classification, an occasionally used division between the family and the genus; often the same as the subfamily. [L. tribus] * * * tribe trīb n a category of taxonomic classification sometimes equivalent to or ranking just below a… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 38tribe — n A clique, circle of friends. I m meeting my tribe in the quad after class. 1990s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 39tribe — noun 1》 a social division in a traditional society consisting of linked families or communities with a common culture and dialect.     ↘(in ancient Rome) each of several (originally three) political divisions.     ↘derogatory a distinctive close… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 40tribe — [[t]traɪb[/t]] n. 1) ant any aggregate of people united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, community of customs and traditions, adherence to the same leaders, etc 2) ant a local division of an aboriginal people 3) bio a) a category in the …

    From formal English to slang