Berber \Ber"ber\, n. [See Barbary.]

A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles. Also, the language spoken by this people.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)