Synonyms for tribe

Grammar : Noun

Spell : trahyb

Phonetic Transcription : traɪb

Top 10 synonyms for tribe

Other synonyms for the word tribe

Définition of tribe

Origin : mid-13c., "one of the twelve divisions of the ancient Hebrews," from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus "one of the three political/ethnic divisions of the original Roman state" (Tites, Ramnes, and Luceres, corresponding, perhaps, to the Latins, Sabines, and Etruscans), later, one of the 30 political divisions instituted by Servius Tullius (increased to 35 in 241 B.C.E.), perhaps from tri- "three" + *bhu-, root of the verb be. Others connect the word with the root of Welsh tref "town, inhabited place."
In the Biblical sense, which was the original one in English, the Latin word translates Greek phyle "race or tribe of men, body of men united by ties of blood and descent, a clan" (see physic). Extension to any ethnic group or race of people is first recorded 1590s.

noun ethnic group; family

Example sentences :

His name was Joseph and he belonged to the tribe of the Hebrews.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

He sat in the midst of a circle of lamplighters, and was the cacique, or chief of the tribe.
Extract from : « The Lamplighter » by Charles Dickens

All that is left of the Cheyenne Bundle is now with the remnant of the tribe in Oklahoma.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

But we saw afterward that it was for the Tribe, and for our wrong the Tribe suffered.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

The Medicine Bundle of the tribe is as sacred to them as our flag is to us.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

The Bunerwals belong to the Yusaf section, of the Yusafzai tribe.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

These Indians came all the way from the Queneveta mountains, and were of the Maquiritari tribe.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

When the Huron talks to the women, his tribe shut their ears.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Had they held their corn feast—or can you say anything of the totems of the tribe?
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

But who can say that the serpent of his tribe has forgotten his wisdom?
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

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