<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any group of people, typically a subdivision of a nation or an ethnic group, that is united by ties of descent from a common ancestor, shared customs and traditions, recognition of the same leader or leaders, etc.; a group of related clans: The twelve tribes of Israel were descended from the twelve sons of Jacob</li><li>Sometimes Offensive: a group of Indigenous people sharing the same ethnicity, language, territory, customs, history, etc.: now often referred to as a nation</li><li>a division of any of the premodern peoples of Europe or Asia: After the Romans left the Low Countries in the 5th century, Frankish tribes dominated</li><li>In 1206 Genghis Khan united all the Mongol tribes to form the great Mongol nation</li><li>a company, group, or number of people: Every afternoon a noisy tribe of children—friends of my brother and me—would gather in our yard</li><li>a group or class of people with strong common traits, values, or interests: We in the tribe of journalists tend to be cynical about such conferences—they’re mainly about platitudes and photo ops</li><li>a large family: Don't invite your brother and his tribe to sleep over—I don't know where we'd put all those kids!</li><li>a category or type of living things or inanimate objects: Next to the robin, the sparrow is the boldest of our feathered tribe; Over there is a tribe of mismatched stuffed chairs</li><li>Biology: a category in the classification of organisms usually between a subfamily and a genus or sometimes between a suborder and a family</li><li>any group of closely related plants or animals</li><li>Animal Husbandry: a group of animals, especially cattle, descended through the female line from a common female ancestor</li><li>Roman History: any one of three divisions of the people representing the Latin, Sabine, and Etruscan settlements</li><li>any of the later political divisions of the people</li><li>Greek History: a phyle</li></ul>