tribe

suomi-englanti sanakirja

tribe englannista suomeksi

An group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may constitute a nation with other tribes). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

(ux)

(RQ:Withycombe Christian Names) ambiguity was avoided by (..) indicating their place of origin, the name of the tribe or deme being added for persons of the same town (..), and the name of the country or town for foreigners (..).
(quote-journal)
A tribal nation or people.
(quote-book)
A nation or people considered culturally primitive, as may be the case in Africa, Australia or America.
A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

(nearsyn)

A class or group of things.
(quote-book)|title=Scholarly Reprint Publishing in the United States|location=New York, N.Y.|publisher=R. R. Bowker Co.|isbn=0835204855|page=7|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/scholarlyreprint0000neme_h4x8/page/6/mode/2up?q=tribe|passage=In 1968, estimates of the number of active reprint publishers ranged from about 20 to 100 publishers. The fact that almost 300 U.S. reprint publishers have been identified is evidence that the reprint tribe continues to increase.
A group of apes who live and work together.
A hierarchical rank between family and genus.
(quote-journal)|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=American Institute of Biological Sciences|year=1960|volume=132–135|page=640|column=2|issn=0012-4966|oclc=501426146|passage=The tempo of evolution in South American hamsters was very rapid – in the course of the Pliocene and Anthropocene 40 genera were formed here, at which time a series of them attained the level of tribe and subtribe (Oxymycteri, Phyllotiini, Ichthyomyini).
A group of affiliated Gras Indians.
(n-g)
A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.
To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.
1696-1699, (w), ''English Historical Library''

Our fowl, fish, and quadruped are well tribed.