tribeswoman
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tribeswoman
First recorded in 1850–55; tribe ( def. ) + 's 1 ( def. ) + woman ( def. )
Example Sentences
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MBS’s mother, Fahda, is a Bedouin tribeswoman and seen as the favourite of his father’s four wives.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
In Round Valley, Deb Hutt, a Yuki tribeswoman and the sister of Oandasan, said she wonders why descendants of the Hastings family have never apologized.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
He smashed two expensive drones—one crashed into the mast near Mauritius, another into a chain-link fence in Botswana, landing at the feet of an elderly African tribeswoman mending a dress.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2016
Leela of the Sevateem, played by Louise Jameson, was a primitive tribeswoman with uncommonly rounded BBC vowels.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2013
She was an Igbo tribeswoman from West Africa.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
Eager tribeswomen in turbans and blue-striped frocks rushed toward the visitors, smiling through betel-stained teeth.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Indian warriors return home after inter-tribal clashes, tribeswomen anesthetize their wounds with ginger.
From Time Magazine Archive
I remember the cry of surprise which came from the lips of a Dhah woman when she found me, and then carried me among her tribeswomen to show to them.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various
At last she was with her long-lost tribeswomen and winning these, their warriors were soon gathered about her.
From Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by Larus, John Rouse
Tiawa We do not come for ourselves, Chisera, but from the tribeswomen.
From The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts by Austin, Mary Hunter
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