Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun plural The people of one's own tribe.
  • noun plural An aboriginal people living in tribes.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Persons constituting a tribe; the members of a tribe.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun uncountable The people who belong to a tribe.
  • noun countable A tribal race of people.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

tribes +‎ people

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Examples

  • The piece told you a bit about the music but a lot more about how many 'tribespeople', 'local tribes', 'other tribes' and how much 'tribal music' there was.

    Red Pepper Keith Somerville 2009

  • Recently we watched CNN's tribute to heroes who found their soul's purpose in helping relieve the suffering of humanity, each in their own way: building bridges over dangerous rivers for African tribespeople, bringing solar lights to children who want to learn in remote corners of our world, and saving young women from sex slavery and giving them a new life.

    Paul David Walker: CNN Heroes: Find Your Soul's Purpose Paul David Walker 2011

  • Recently we watched CNN's tribute to heroes who found their soul's purpose in helping relieve the suffering of humanity, each in their own way: building bridges over dangerous rivers for African tribespeople, bringing solar lights to children who want to learn in remote corners of our world, and saving young women from sex slavery and giving them a new life.

    Paul David Walker: CNN Heroes: Find Your Soul's Purpose Paul David Walker 2011

  • Recently we watched CNN's tribute to heroes who found their soul's purpose in helping relieve the suffering of humanity, each in their own way: building bridges over dangerous rivers for African tribespeople, bringing solar lights to children who want to learn in remote corners of our world, and saving young women from sex slavery and giving them a new life.

    Paul David Walker: CNN Heroes: Find Your Soul's Purpose Paul David Walker 2011

  • I met warm and welcoming local tribespeople that opened up a window into cultures and traditions that I wouldn't have imagined.

    Aaron Kisner: WATCH: A Kenyan Girl Puts Off Marriage To Become A Teacher Aaron Kisner 2011

  • Of the meeting with Scundoo none of the tribespeople might know, for they clustered reverently in the distance and spoke in whispers while the masters of mystery were together.

    THE MASTER OF MYSTERY 2010

  • If such were the case, it was a state of mind he could not tolerate in any of his tribespeople.

    CHAPTER XVI 2010

  • I met warm and welcoming local tribespeople that opened up a window into cultures and traditions that I wouldn't have imagined.

    Aaron Kisner: WATCH: A Kenyan Girl Puts Off Marriage To Become A Teacher Aaron Kisner 2011

  • Wherefore it be plain that some of our own tribespeople have laid unlawful hand upon the blankets.

    THE MASTER OF MYSTERY 2010

  • Recently we watched CNN's tribute to heroes who found their soul's purpose in helping relieve the suffering of humanity, each in their own way: building bridges over dangerous rivers for African tribespeople, bringing solar lights to children who want to learn in remote corners of our world, and saving young women from sex slavery and giving them a new life.

    Paul David Walker: CNN Heroes: Find Your Soul's Purpose Paul David Walker 2011

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