Definition of "tribes" []

• Plural form of tribe. (noun)

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• "Certain tribes from the shores of the North Sea which afterwards developed into the Anglo-Saxon race earned their freedom by remaining free."
• "A remarkable characteristic of all the mountain tribes is that they have almost no amusements; games I asked for vainly, and I never saw a dance but once."
• "The fact that a wife cannot be obtained without paying for her among the mountain tribes is one of the frequent causes of abduction."