tribespeople

[ trahybz-pee-puhl ]

plural noun

1. the members of a tribe.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tribespeople¹

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

Example Sentences

This is a breathtaking denial of brutal state-sponsored repression waged on little armed tribespeople for decades.

From The Daily Beast

The state is responsible for killing more tribespeople in West Papua than anywhere else in the world.

From The Daily Beast

Chisera, when you go up to the Friend of the Soul of Man, you cannot be always asking for the tribespeople.

From Project Gutenberg

On the whole, the Brahui tribespeople treated them well, and there was no serious collision.

From Project Gutenberg

At Pukerangiora, about 1830, he slew hundreds of Ngati-Awa tribespeople, and with his warriors cooked and ate them.

From Project Gutenberg

A guard of a couple of armed men was told off to keep away intrusive or too curious tribespeople from our quarters.

From Project Gutenberg

If such were the case, it was a state of mind he could not tolerate in any of his tribespeople.

From Project Gutenberg