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tribesman

[ trahybz-muhn ]

noun

, plural tribes·men.
  1. a member of a tribe.


tribesman

/ ˈtraɪbzmən /

noun

  1. a member of a tribe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • non·tribesman noun plural nontribesmen
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tribesman1

1790–1800; tribe + 's 1 + -man
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Example Sentences

The laws also inspired the tribesmen of Israel and Jordan, far to the west, whose priests copied some of their ideas when they crafted the laws of the Old Testament.

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"What a superior man am I," thought that young tribesman swollen with vanity, although he had done nothing.

Where, on the other hand, the victim is a fellow tribesman, the sacrifice is expiatory or piacular.

Even the vanquished Uncapapas crowded eagerly forward to praise the young tribesman who had defeated them.

Instead of being able to save his tribesman, it began to look as though White Otter was doomed to share the same tragic fate.

When a free tribesman, the head of a household, died, his holding was not broken up.

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