tribe

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a social division of (usually preliterate) people
  2. noun a federation (as of American Indians)
  3. noun (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily

Etymology

PIE word *tréyes From Middle English tribe, tribu, from Old French tribu, from Latin tribus. Doublet of tribus.

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folk

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