Dictionary

tribespeople en · NOUN

Etymology

From tribe + -s- + people.

Meanings

1. A tribal race of people.
2. (plural, plural-only) The people who belong to a tribe.
   • If he did but possess one of those great, thick walrus hides, leather vastly tough and heavy, he stood some chance of getting back to the land of his tribespeople. 1930, Alice Alison Lide, Margaret Alison Johansen, chapter VI, in Ood-le-uk the Wanderer, page 75:
   • In 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by tribespeople after he arrived on North Sentinel Island, hoping to convert the local people to Christianity. 2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN:

Forms

Hyponyms

tribeswomen · tribesmen