a group of people, families, or clans with shared economic and social ties and usu a common culture, dialect, religion, and ancestry
such a group living in a non-industrialized society
in ancient Rome, one of several (orig three) political divisions of the Roman people
derog a group of people sharing a common occupation or interest, esp an insular social or political group
attempts to portray the whole tribe of parliamentarians as either stupid or vicious — The Listener
informal (also in pl) a large number of people or things
tribes of tourists
a category in biological taxonomy ranking above a genus and below a family
a group of related animals or plants
[Middle English from Latin tribus, a division of the Roman people, tribe, prob from tres three, referring to the three ethnic groups of ancient Rome]