tribe

A group of families with a shared history, culture, and often language, living as a community.

• The tribe has its own language.
• Members of the tribe gathered for the festival.
• Several tribes have lived in this region for centuries.

Common phrases: local tribe, tribe members, a nomadic tribe

A group of people who feel connected through shared interests or ways of living.

• I found my tribe at art school.
• Their tribe meets every weekend to play games.
• The festival attracts a tribe of devoted music fans.

Similar words: group, circle

Common phrases: find your tribe, urban tribe, a creative tribe

A family of animals all descended from the same female through their mothers.

• These cows belong to the same tribe.
• The breeder traced the tribe to one female.
• Each tribe has a separate maternal line.

Similar words: maternal line

Common phrases: cattle tribe, a breeding tribe

To sort people or things into groups or classes.

• They tribe the animals by type.
• The writer tribed the creatures into classes.
• These species were tribed according to their shared features.

How to use it: tribe something into groups (The naturalist tribed the birds into groups.)

Similar words: classify, categorize

Common phrases: tribe the animals, tribe into classes