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tribespeople

tribespeople noun: the people who belong to a tribe.

Noun (1)

tribespeople pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The people who belong to a tribe.
    • If he did but possess one of those great, thick walrus hides, leather vastly tough and heavy, he stood some chance of getting back to the land of his tribespeople.1930, Alice Alison Lide, Margaret Alison Johansen, chapter VI, in Ood-le-uk the Wanderer, page 75
    • In 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by tribespeople after he arrived on North Sentinel Island, hoping to convert the local people to Christianity.2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN

Noun (2)

tribespeople (plural tribespeoples)

  1. A tribal race of people.

Forms of tribespeople

pluraltribespeoples

Origin of tribespeople

From tribe + -s- + people.

Questions about tribespeople

What does tribespeople mean?
Tribespeople means the people who belong to a tribe.
What part of speech is tribespeople?
Tribespeople is a noun.
What is the plural of tribespeople?
The plural of tribespeople is tribespeoples.

Words near tribespeople in the dictionary

  1. tribeships
  2. tribesman
  3. tribesmanship
  4. tribesmember
  5. tribesmen
  6. tribespeople
  7. tribespeoples
  8. tribesperson
  9. tribespersons
  10. tribeswoman
  11. tribeswomen

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