Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern South America, the Lesser Antilles, and the eastern coast of Central America.
- noun Any of the languages of the Carib.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of a native race inhabiting certain portions of Central America and the north of South America, and formerly also the Caribbean islands.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A
group ofAmerican Indian people of thecoast ofCentral andSouth America and theLesser Antilles . - proper noun Any of the
languages of these people.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
- noun the family of languages spoken by the Carib
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Caliban, the savage and brutish native of the island, is undoubtedly the word Carib, often spelt
The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
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I have started using some books such as Carib, and I find them better than the recommened books.
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A beer is a … and you'll instantly hear a loud uproarious 'Carib'.
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A recent discovery of the terraces and carved rocks at Belfond and the petroglyphs near Jalousie indicate that Soufriere is one of the island's most historically rich locations, with vestiges of its original inhabitants, Carib Indians.
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Just to correct the racial history here, the Carib Indians made poor slaves, so the colonist imported African slaves.
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Born in Barbados, earlier white historians depict Tituba as Carib Indian.
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Born in Barbados, earlier white historians depict Tituba as Carib Indian.
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A recent discovery of the terraces and carved rocks at Belfond and the petroglyphs near Jalousie indicate that Soufriere is one of the island's most historically rich locations, with vestiges of its original inhabitants, Carib Indians.
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Born in Barbados, earlier white historians depict Tituba as Carib Indian.
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On a somewhat unrelated note, I feel a bit awkward as someone of mixed heritage (Carib/Celtic) writing about white characters, and centering a lot of the story around that culture.
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