Definition of "tribeswoman" [tribeswoman]

• A woman who is a member of one's own tribe. (noun)
• A woman who is a member of an aboriginal people living in tribes. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "For like a goddess leaving Mount Olympus, "woman" has climbed off her pedestal and returned to earth to warn and rescue her tribeswoman."
• "Instead, it nearly costs their lives and throws them into an improbable alliance with a shape-shifting official, a desert tribeswoman, and a healer of enchanting beauty."
• "If a tribeswoman is really hungry, she says, "I'm so hungry, I could eat something the size of Jay Leno's chin!""