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tribe

(tr/aI/b )

a social division of (usually preliterate) people(noun.group)

Synonym:
folk

source: wordnet30
a federation (as of American Indians)(noun.group)

Synonym:
federation of tribes

source: wordnet30
(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily(noun.group)

source: wordnet30
group of people related by blood or marriage(noun.group)

Synonym:
clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group

source: wordnet30
A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.(noun)

source: webster1913

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