noun
- A social division of (usually preliterate) people.
- synonyms: folk
- A federation (as of American Indians.
- synonyms: federation of tribes
- Biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily. (
- Group of people related by blood or marriage.
- synonyms: kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan
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