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  • noun Plural form of tribe.

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Examples

  • Certain tribes from the shores of the North Sea which afterwards developed into the Anglo-Saxon race earned their freedom by remaining free.

    The Psychology of the Suffragette 1910

  • A remarkable characteristic of all the mountain tribes is that they have almost no amusements; games I asked for vainly, and I never saw a dance but once.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • The fact that a wife cannot be obtained without paying for her among the mountain tribes is one of the frequent causes of abduction.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • Skenderbeg and Lek, they said, were related, therefore Mirdite women wear the black gjurdin in mourning for Skenderbeg, which in all other tribes is a man's garment only.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • They were scattered thus over all the face of the earth in families, which we call tribes, and from wild tribes, becoming civilized and united they have become as nations.

    Life of George Henry : together with a brief history of the colored people in America, 1894

  • James Mollison documented a spectrum of what he calls the "tribes" of attendees in his photography project and book

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Larissa Archer 2012

  • What God does for his tribes is according to the oaths of the tribes, according to what he has said and sworn to them; for he is faithful that has promised.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

  • These were made by various tribes from the mid Atlantic indian nations to plains nations and even the nations of the american southwest and Mexico.

    What is it? Game 113 2009

  • These were made by various tribes from the mid Atlantic indian nations to plains nations and even the nations of the american southwest and Mexico.

    What is it? Game 113 » E-Mail 2009

  • And my father's ancestors were real honest-to-goodness Bedouin tribes people, which had a similarly mystical/natural quality in my imagination.

    Diana Abu-Jaber discusses her true identity with Origin 2010

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