| 释义 |
tribesman|ˈtraɪbzmən|
[f. tribe's, genitive of tribe n. + man n.1 (Cf. clansman.)]
a. A man belonging to a tribe; a member of a tribe. Chiefly pl.
b. With possessive, a man of one's own tribe, a fellow-tribesman.
1798Southey Rose 28 For her Her tribes-men sigh'd in vain. 1837Wheelwright tr. Aristoph. II. 117 Why spare our stones, my fellow tribesmen? 1883Standard No. 18465. 5/2 To make a meal off the grasshopper with the tribesmen of the Sierra Nevada. 1893Eliza R. Sutherland in Barrows Parl. Relig. I. 635 An animal dying of itself may not be eaten by a tribesman, but might be sold to a stranger. 1905Times 13 Sept. 3/3 A patrol..has been fired on by Tebetekentzy tribesmen. |