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- noun Plural form of
tribesman .
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Examples
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Yemeni television broadcast a phoned statement from Saleh late Friday in which he called tribesmen who are battling government forces in the capital a "gang that has nothing to do with the youth revolution."
The Seattle Times 2011
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Yemeni television broadcast a phoned statement from Saleh late Friday in which he called tribesmen who are battling government forces in the capital a "gang that has nothing to do with the youth revolution."
The Seattle Times 2011
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Pakistan's Afghan-border region — 1,000 miles long and 100 miles wide — is a deathly volcanic landscape of crags and winding canyons where the tropical floor of the Subcontinent pushes upward into the high, shaved wastes of Central Asia, and where desert and mountain tribesmen replace the darker-skinned people in the cities.
The Lawless Frontier 2000
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Pakistan's Afghan-border region — 1,000 miles long and 100 miles wide — is a deathly volcanic landscape of crags and winding canyons where the tropical floor of the Subcontinent pushes upward into the high, shaved wastes of Central Asia, and where desert and mountain tribesmen replace the darker-skinned people in the cities.
The Lawless Frontier 2000
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Pakistan's Afghan-border region — 1,000 miles long and 100 miles wide — is a deathly volcanic landscape of crags and winding canyons where the tropical floor of the Subcontinent pushes upward into the high, shaved wastes of Central Asia, and where desert and mountain tribesmen replace the darker-skinned people in the cities.
The Lawless Frontier 2000
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Another problem, he said, was that nomadic Bedouin tribesmen who may have information of value are difficult to find.
Speicher, Michael S. 1991
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Another problem, he said, was that nomadic Bedouin tribesmen who may have information of value are difficult to find.
Speicher, Michael S. 1991
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The Plain of Jars region of Laos had only two months prior been taken over by Lao tribesmen from the communists.
Ivan, Andrew Jr. 1990
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The Plain of Jars region of Laos had only two months prior been taken over by Lao tribesmen from the communists.
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The Browns said their son would not share details of his missions, but he frequently expressed concern for the mountain tribesmen who fought alongside Special Forces troops.
McGar, Brian K. 1967
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