What does Tribe mean?
Definitions for Tribe
traɪbtribe
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Tribe.
Princeton's WordNet
tribe, folknoun
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
tribe, federation of tribesnoun
a federation (as of American Indians)
tribenoun
(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribenoun
group of people related by blood or marriage
Wiktionary
tribenoun
A socially, ethnically, and politically cohesive group of people.
tribenoun
A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
tribenoun
The collective noun for various animals.
tribenoun
A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tribenoun
Etymology: tribu, Fr. tribus, Lat. from trev, b and v being labials of promiscuous use in the ancient British words; trev from tir ef, his lands, is supposed to be Celtick, and used before the Romans had any thing to do with the British government; to prove which Mr. Rowland offers many reasons, which he mentions by imagining that centuriæ is derived from trev, supposing it to be the same with our centrev, importing a hundred trevs or tribes.
I ha’ been writing all this night unto all the tribes
And centuries for their voices, to help Catiline
In his election. Ben Jonson, Cataline.If the heads of the tribes can be taken off, and the misled multitude will see their error, such extent of mercy is honourable. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.
Who now shall rear you to the sun, or rank
Your tribes, and water from th’ ambrosial fount. John Milton.Straggling mountaineers, for publick good,
To rank in tribes, and quit the savage wood,
Houses to build. Nahum Tate.I congratulate my country upon the increase of this happy tribe of men, since, by the present parliament, the race of freeholders is spreading into the remotest corners. Addison.
Folly and vice are easy to describe,
The common subjects of our scribbling tribe. Wentworth Dillon.
Wikipedia
ChatGPT
tribe
A tribe is a social group made up of families, clans, or generations that share the same culture, customs, language, and often occupation, with its own leaders and often living in a particular area. It is usually characterized by a strong sense of community, shared morals, and common traditions or rituals. Tribes are often found in societal systems predating central governments.
Webster Dictionary
Tribenoun
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
Tribenoun
a number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals
Tribenoun
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
Tribenoun
a division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes
Tribenoun
a family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns
Tribeverb
to distribute into tribes or classes
Wikidata
Tribe
A tribe is viewed, historically or developmentally, as a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states. Many anthropologists used the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups. Traditional genealogy defines tribes as groups who have common blood relations. Some political economy theorists such as Elman Service hold that tribes represent a stage in social evolution intermediate between bands and states. Other theorists, such as Morton Fried, argue that tribes developed after, and must be understood in terms of their relationship to, states. 'Tribe' is a contested term due to its roots in colonial anthropological foundations and the connotations that these hierarchical definitions have negative connotations. To avoid these implications, some have chosen to use the terms 'ethnic group', or nation instead.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tribe
trīb, n. an aggregate of stocks—a stock being an aggregate of persons considered to be kindred—or an aggregate of families, forming a community usually under the government of a chief: a number of things having certain common qualities.—adj. Trib′al.—n. Trib′alism.—adv. Trib′ally.—ns. Tribe′let; Tribes′man. [L. tribus, orig. applied to one of the three divisions of the ancient Roman people—tri-, tres, three.]
CrunchBase
Tribe
Tribe is a social network started in the San Francisco bay area.Tribe is similar to social networks like Facebook and MySpace, but allows users to create their own personal networks with other users; forming “tribes.” Anyone may register as a new tribe user, and may then define their immediate network of friends, either by choosing from existing members or by inviting new members to join. Each of these users may in turn define their own network of friends.
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Entomology
Tribe
a term of classification less than a sub-family: opinionative and ending in ini: but this is not universally adhered to.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tribe is ranked #36379 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Tribe surname appeared 615 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tribe.
92.6% or 570 total occurrences were White.
4% or 25 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.6% or 10 total occurrences were Black.
1.3% or 8 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Tribe' in Nouns Frequency: #2467
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Anagrams for Tribe »
biter
rebit
Tiber
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Tribe in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Tribe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Tribe in a Sentence
I saw this in Afghanistan when someone would come to us giving their name and tribe and the Afghan partner standing next to me would say, ‘No way, there are small traits an American wouldn’t know. In Western nations, babies get a footprint, a Social Security number and, in some cases, even DNA. In places like Syria or Afghanistan you may never have contact with the government.
An Indian tribe is sovereign to the extent that the U.S. permits it to be sovereign.
We can't be divided by race, religion, by tribe, in America, everybody gets a shot.
It wasn't easy with Arabic and Farsi but it's another ball game with dialects like Tamachek (spoken by the Tuareg tribe in Mali and other parts of Africa).
I didn't come from a very rigid background, where there's a clan or a tribe or a religion.
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- قبيلةArabic
- qəbiləAzerbaijani
- племя, родBelarusian
- племе, родBulgarian
- tribuCatalan, Valencian
- rod, kmenCzech
- stammeDanish
- Volksstamm, Völkchen, Völklein, Stamm, Völkerschaft, Sippe, Volk, Sippschaft, TribusGerman
- φυλή, φύλοGreek
- tribo, tribetoEsperanto
- tribuSpanish
- hõimEstonian
- زند, قبیلهPersian
- heimoFinnish
- ættargrein, ættarbólkurFaroese
- tribuFrench
- treibhIrish
- seòrsa, treubh, sliochd, cinneadhScottish Gaelic
- triboGalician
- שְׁבָטִים, שֵׁבֶט־, שבטHebrew
- जनजातिHindi
- törzsHungarian
- ցեղArmenian
- triboInterlingua
- sukuIndonesian
- tribùItalian
- שׁHebrew
- 部族, 民族Japanese
- ტომიGeorgian
- тайпаKazakh
- កុលសម័្ពន្ធKhmer
- 부족, 部族, 겨레Korean
- tribusLatin
- ຊົນເຜົ່າLao
- gentisLithuanian
- ciltsLatvian
- iwiMāori
- племеMacedonian
- puak, sukuMalay
- stamDutch
- stammeNorwegian
- tribúOccitan
- ród, plemięPolish
- triboPortuguese
- tribRomanian
- племя, родRussian
- племе, plemeSerbo-Croatian
- rod, kmeňSlovak
- plemeSlovene
- stamSwedish
- kabilaSwahili
- తెగTelugu
- қабилаTajik
- เผ่าThai
- triboTagalog
- halk, kabile, meslek grubuTurkish
- Tribe, рід, плем'яUkrainian
- 部落, bộ lạcVietnamese
- tribütil, tribüt, pöpatribütVolapük
- שבֿטYiddish
- 部落Chinese
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