Tribe \Tribe\, n. [L. tribus, originally, a third part of the
Roman people, afterwards, a division of the people, a tribe;
of uncertain origin: cf. F. tribu.]
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1. 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. "The Lion of the tribe of Juda." --Rev. v.
5.
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A wealthy Hebrew of my tribe. --Shak.
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2. (Bot.) A number of species or genera having certain
structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of
plants; a tribe of animals.
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Note: By many recent naturalists, tribe has been used for a
group of animals or plants intermediate between order
and genus.
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3. 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.
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4. 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.
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5. (Stock Breeding) A family of animals descended from some
particular female progenitor, through the female line; as,
the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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136 Moby Thesaurus words for "tribe":
age group, animal kingdom, band, battalion, bevy, biotype, blood,
body, branch, brand, breed, brigade, brood, bunch, cabal, cast,
caste, character, clan, class, clique, cohort, color, company,
complement, contingent, corps, coterie, covey, crew, crowd, deme,
denomination, description, designation, detachment, detail,
division, dynasty, ethnic group, faction, family, feather, fleet,
folk, form, gang, genotype, genre, gens, genus, grain, group,
grouping, groupment, house, ilk, in-group, junta, kidney, kin,
kind, kindred, kingdom, label, line, lineage, lot, make, manner,
mark, matriclan, mob, mold, movement, nation, nature, number,
order, out-group, outfit, pack, party, patriclan, pedigree,
peer group, people, persuasion, phalanx, phratry, phyle, phylum,
plant kingdom, platoon, posse, race, regiment, salon, section,
seed, sept, series, set, shape, sort, species, squad, stable,
stamp, stem, stirps, stock, strain, string, stripe, style,
subclass, subfamily, subgenus, subkingdom, suborder, subspecies,
subtribe, superclass, superfamily, superorder, superspecies, team,
the like of, the likes of, totem, troop, troupe, type, variety,
wing
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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