tribe

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tribe [tribe tribes] BrE [traɪb] NAmE [traɪb] noun
1. (sometimes offensive)(in developing countries) a group of people of the same race, and with the same customs, language, religion, etc, living in a particular area and often led by a chief
•tribes living in remote areas of the Amazonian rainforest
2. (usually disapproving)a group or class of people, especially of one profession
•He had a sudden outburst against the whole tribe of actors.
3. (biology)a group of related animals or plants
•a tribe of cats
4. (informal or humorous)a large number of people
•One or two of the grandchildren will be there, but not the whole tribe.

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French tribu or Latin tribus (singular and plural); perhaps related to tri- ‘three’ and referring to the three divisions of the early people of Rome.

Example Bank:
•The dancers are all members of the Tembu tribe.
•They recruited the toughest soldiers from the desert tribes.
•We spoke to Umbara, the headman of the Ywin tribe.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, federation of tribes, folk