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tribespeople

American  
[trahybz-pee-puhl] / ˈtraɪbzˌpi pəl /

plural noun

  1. the members of a tribe.


Etymology

Origin of tribespeople

First recorded in 1885–90; tribe + 's 1 + people

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Each year, the tribespeople benefit from over $560,000 in carbon revenue that pays for forest scouts and funds education, healthcare and emergency food rations.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

"Traditional farmers like me and the tribespeople lived here harmoniously for years," he says.

From BBC Feb. 22, 2024

Sometimes the attendees’ feedback could be “a shock to the curatorial ego,” Frost said, giving the example of a 2017 exhibition on the Scythians, nomadic tribespeople from Siberia.

From New York Times Feb. 5, 2024

Germany apologised in 2021 for the slaughter of about 75,000 tribespeople in Namibia, in southern Africa, described the massacre as a genocide and agreed to fund projects there worth over a billion euros.

From Reuters Oct. 31, 2023

Such biographies prove common for so-called gentle tribespeople and contributed to the acceptance of centralized authority as tribal societies grew larger.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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