Carib
noun
a member of a group of Indigenous peoples formerly dominant in the Lesser Antilles, now found in parts of the West Indies, Central America, and northeastern South America.
Cariban
-
a word derived from
Carib.
Example Sentences
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These observers comprise the countless Brazilian aborigines in four main linguistic divisions, which in conformity with Powell's terminology may here be named the Cariban, Arawakan, Gesan and Tupi-Guaranian families.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
Carabuyanas, the, 348 Carapaches, the, 414 Carey, S., 183 Cariban linguistic stock, 415 Caribs, the, 399, 415 sq., and Pl.
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
