Tribe

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

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Senses

Wordset Dictionary

group of people related by blood or marriage

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a federation (as of American Indians)

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a social division of (usually preliterate) people

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
federation of tribesfolkkindred
plural
Tribes
possessive
Tribe's
pluralpossessive
Tribes'