Berber
noun
a member of a group of North African tribes living in Barbary and the Sahara.
Berbers
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pluralof Berber.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Morocco has a substantial population of Berbers, or Amazigh as they prefer to be called - some estimates put it at nearly 40% of the country's population of more than 34 million.
From BBC ● Dec. 20, 2022
Towns such as Tissint draw their influences from the Berbers, who have lived in North Africa for more than 4,000 years.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
Interior Minister Kamel Beldjoud traveled to Kabyle, home of Berbers, to assess the situation.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
Thus, faced with the choice of forcible conversion or death, the Berbers converted and then promptly joined the Arab armies as auxiliaries.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
He had already set the revolted Berbers by the ears by playing upon their petty jealousies; and he now exerted his diplomacy to breed discord among the Yemenites.
From The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole
