tribe
/tɹaɪb/
noun
- 1
A socially, ethnically, or politically cohesive group of people.
- 2
A society larger than a band but smaller than a state.
- 3
A group of apes who live and work together.
- 4
A hierarchal rank between family and genus.
- 5
The collective noun for various animals.
- 6
(stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
“the Duchess tribe of shorthorns”
verb
- 1
To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
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