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[ bur-ber ] / ˈbɜr bər /
nouna member of a group of North African tribes living in Barbary and the Sahara. a subfamily of Afro-Asiatic, consisting of the languages of the Berbers, including Tuareg and Kabyle. adjectiveof or relating to the Berbers or their language. Origin of Berber1835–45; <Arabic barbar<Greek bárbaros;see barbarous Words nearby BerberBéranger, Berar, berascal, Berat, berate, Berber, Berbera, berbere, berberidaceous, berberine, berberis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for BerberEgyptian authorities do have some reason to doubt Berber and Bedouin loyalty. On the Contraband Trail With Libya’s Gun Smugglers|Peter Schwartzstein|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST They greeted us with a glass of sugared mint tea, called a “Berber whisky”, poured from high above out of a silver teapot. On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mouha repeated his Berber mantra at times, “People in a hurry are already dead.” On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mouha talked about the generosity and solidarity of Berber communities. On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It had taken the camels and their black-turbaned Berber herders four long days to walk from the Sahara. On Foot in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco|Joanna Eede|January 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Mahmud would certainly have defended Berber with his whole army. The River War|Winston S. Churchill The people of Berber are, in their exterior deportment, mild and polite. A Narrative of the Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar|George Bethune English We know merely that they lived in the desert, on both sides of the Nile, in the latitude of Berber or thereabouts. History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 2 (of 12)|G. Maspero The garrison of Berber, seeing that there was no chance of relief, surrendered a month later and Khartum was completely isolated. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2|Various He did not know the Berber's code and if he claimed his object was unselfish the fellow might think he had another. Kit Musgrave's Luck|Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for Berber
nouna member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of N Africa the language of this people, forming a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. There are extensive differences between dialects adjectiveof or relating to this people or their language Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |