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.
Caribs
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pluralof Carib.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The eclectic artwork and colorful tapestries plastering the walls of Tower Cafe reflect not only the international menu but also the ethnic patchwork of residents: Mexicans, East Africans, East Asians, Caribs and Europeans among them.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2018
The villagers who met the sailors were members of the Taíno, or Arawak, people, who uneasily shared the islands and coastlines of the Caribbean Sea with neighbors they called the Caribs.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The Garífuna are descendants of West Africans who were shipwrecked in 1635 off the coast of St. Vincent, where they intermarried with the indigenous Arawaks and Caribs.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2015
Like many of its Caribbean neighbors, it has changed hands repeatedly: the Siboney, Arawaks and the Caribs saw their island seized by the Spanish, then the British, who brought along African slaves.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2014
We played Caribs and Spaniards in the house, whooping and pretend-dying around her as she stirred our oatmeal.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
