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

  • 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.

    Fresh Palates for Burger King 2008

  • The North Albanian tribesman is an Albanian first.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • 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.

    Conan and The Mists of Door Green, Roland 1995

  • He was a "tribesman," a Lur, from Luristan, in the west.

    Among the Believers 1981

  • He was a "tribesman," a Lur, from Luristan, in the west.

    Among the Believers 1981

  • 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.

    Fifteen killed in Pakistan as militants attack tribe Reuters 2011

  • 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.

    Fifteen killed in Pakistan as militants attack tribe Reuters 2011

  • Sheik Hamid Assem said Saturday that two days of fighting had killed 40 tribesman.

    Airstrikes kill 40 pro-government Yemeni tribesmen 2011

  • 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.

    Fifteen killed in Pakistan as militants attack tribe The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • 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.

    Fifteen killed in Pakistan as militants attack tribe The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

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