Berber
Americannoun
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a member of a group of North African tribes living in Barbary and the Sahara.
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a subfamily of Afro-Asiatic, consisting of the languages of the Berbers, including Tuareg and Kabyle.
adjective
noun
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a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of N Africa
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the language of this people, forming a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. There are extensive differences between dialects
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Berber
1835–45; < Arabic barbar < Greek bárbaros; see barbarous
Example Sentences
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According to Berber, Natixis’s chief economist, commodity-producing countries with improving market fundamentals, such as Brazil and Mexico, are most likely to weather the war-related volatility well.
From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026
“It is a cautious central bank,” said Benito Berber, chief economist for the Americas at Natixis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
“I ask myself if Islam is accepted in France,” she said in her parents’ apartment, where a bright orange Berber rug woven by her Moroccan grandmother hangs next to Koranic verses in Arabic.
From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024
An earlier version of this article referred incorrectly to the role played by Berber van der Woude, a former Dutch diplomat, in the release of the dissent letter.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024
They were stopped at the gates by gargantuan Berber guards with scimitars and chased away.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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