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tribeswoman

American  
[trahybz-woom-uhn] / ˈtraɪbzˌwʊm ən /

noun

plural

tribeswomen
  1. a female member of a tribe.


Etymology

Origin of tribeswoman

First recorded in 1850–55; tribe ( def. ) + 's 1 ( def. ) + woman ( def. )

Example Sentences

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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

But the 25-year-old's family is far from ordinary - while his father is American, his mother is a tribeswoman living in a remote part of the Amazon.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2013

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