tribe 1. a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader. indigenous Indian tribes synonyms: ethnic group, people, band, nation; More (in ancient Rome) each of several political divisions, originally three, later thirty, ultimately thirty-five. derogatory a distinctive close-knit group. she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe synonyms: ethnic group, people, band, nation; More informal a large number of people or animals. tribes of children playing under the watchful eyes of nurses 2. BIOLOGY a taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany).
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