1. Group of people related by blood or marriage
   "The tribe gathered for their annual family reunion";
   - kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan
    
2. A social division of (usually preliterate) people
   "Anthropologists studied the customs and beliefs of various Amazon tribes";
   - folk
    
3. A federation (as of American Indians)
   "The Iroquois Confederacy was a powerful federation of tribes";
   - federation of tribes
    
4. (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
   "The tribe Hominini includes the genera Homo and Australopithecus"

Derived forms: tribes

Type of: nation, social group, taxon, taxonomic category, taxonomic group

Part of: family

Encyclopedia: Tribe, John