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tribespeople

American  
[trahybz-pee-puhl] / ˈtraɪbzˌpi pəl /

plural noun

  1. the members of a tribe.


Etymology

Origin of tribespeople

First recorded in 1885–90; tribe + 's 1 + people


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She urged “all tribespeople and villagers” to cooperate with the military and law enforcement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026

Sometimes the attendees’ feedback could be “a shock to the curatorial ego,” Frost said, giving the example of a 2017 exhibition on the Scythians, nomadic tribespeople from Siberia.

From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024

Thousands of local people, most of whom were tribespeople, were evicted from their ancestral lands to make way for its construction.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023

Germany apologised in 2021 for the slaughter of about 75,000 tribespeople in Namibia, in southern Africa, described the massacre as a genocide and agreed to fund projects there worth over a billion euros.

From Reuters ● Oct. 31, 2023

Such biographies prove common for so-called gentle tribespeople and contributed to the acceptance of centralized authority as tribal societies grew larger.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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