Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who is a member of one's own tribe.
- noun A member of a tribal people.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A man belonging to a tribe; a member of a particular tribe, or of the same tribe as the person speaking or referred to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A male member of a
tribe . - noun An abstract tribesperson; any tribesman or
tribeswoman .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who lives in a tribe
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Examples
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A Transylvanian woman, an Inuit tribesman from the Icelandic tundra and others point and, in their native tongues, declare their preference for Burger King's flagship product.
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The North Albanian tribesman is an Albanian first.
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Most men might as well have tried to shift the Kezankian Mountains, but the tribesman was a large man with the strength of the dying, and he caught Conan off balance.
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He was a "tribesman," a Lur, from Luristan, in the west.
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He was a "tribesman," a Lur, from Luristan, in the west.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan Reuters - At least fifteen people were killed when Taliban militants attacked a checkpost manned by pro-government tribesman and security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Sunday.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan Reuters - At least fifteen people were killed when Taliban militants attacked a checkpost manned by pro-government tribesman and security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Sunday.
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Sheik Hamid Assem said Saturday that two days of fighting had killed 40 tribesman.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan Reuters - At least fifteen people were killed when Taliban militants attacked a checkpost manned by pro-government tribesman and security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Sunday.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan Reuters - At least fifteen people were killed when Taliban militants attacked a checkpost manned by pro-government tribesman and security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said on Sunday.
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