Tribe synonyms

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clan
(Informal) family
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kindred
Family or relatives; kin; kinfolk
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family
Family means a group of things that are similar.
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folk
The common people of a society or region considered as the representatives of a traditional way of life and especially as the originators or carriers of the customs, beliefs, and arts that make up a distinctive culture:
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phratric
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division
A group of several ships of similar type forming a tactical unit under a single command in the US Navy.
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deme
(Biol.) A particular interbreeding population within a species
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group
An assemblage of persons or objects gathered or located together; an aggregation:
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association
The definition of an association is a relationship with an individual, group or organization.
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ethnocentric
Of or pertaining to ethnocentrism.
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stock
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
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lineage
The overview or totality of the marriage and blood relationships within a family, including the ancestors and descendants of a particular individual.
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village
A dense group of animal habitations:
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totemic unit
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ethnocentrism
Overriding concern with ethnicity.
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society
(Countable) A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
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people
Persons subordinate to or loyal to a ruler, superior, or employer:
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phratry
(Anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
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race
A group of people united or classified together on the basis of common history, nationality, or geographic distribution:
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tribalism
A feeling of identity and loyalty to one's tribe
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tribesman (related)
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bedouins (related)
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sept
Any similar group based on supposed descent from a common ancestor
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class
The subject material taught to or studied by such a group:
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house
The definition of a house is a building or shelter where people or animals live.
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nubians (related)
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blackfeet (related)
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kin
Organisms that are genetically related to another or others:
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kin group
group of people related by blood or marriage
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kinship group
group of people related by blood or marriage
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federation of tribes
a federation (as of American Indians)
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indians (related)
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berbers (related)
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chieftain (related)
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celt (related)
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atrebates (related)
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settler (related)
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brigantes (related)
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assyrians (related)
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dinka (related)
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chiefdoms (related)
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tuareg (related)
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primitive group
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ethnic-group
A group of people who identify with one another, especially on the basis of national, cultural, or religious grounds.
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sorory
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kingdom (related)
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sib
(Anthropology) A kinship group consisting of two or more lineages considered as being related, as by common descent from a mythic ancestor.
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horde
A nomadic tribe or clan of Mongols
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band
A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
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Tribe Sentence Examples

  • The affairs of a tribe were ruled by a council of men past middle age.

  • A tribe living on the banks of the Nile between Wadi Halfa and Assuan are called Barabra.

  • South of the Drin is another complex mountain system, including the highlands inhabited by the Mirdites and the Mat tribe; among the principal summits are Deia Mazzuklit, Mal-i Vels, Kraba, Toli and Mnela.

  • In many cases it arranged the assemblies and ceremonial of the tribe; it regulated marriage, descent and relationship; it ordered blood feuds, it prescribed the rites of hospitality and so on.

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