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1. A social division of (usually preliterate) people
   - folk
    
2. A federation (as of American Indians)
   - federation of tribes
    
3. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
    
4. Group of people related by blood or marriage
   - kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan

Derived forms: tribes

See also: intertribal, tribal

Type of: nation, social group, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group

Part of: family

Encyclopedia: Tribe