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(1):

(n.) A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.

(2):

(n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.

(3):

(v. t.) To distribute into tribes or classes.

(4):

(n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.

(5):

(n.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.

(6):

(n.) A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tribe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tribe.html. 1828.
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