(history, anthropology) An ethnic group larger than a band or clan (and which may contain clans) but smaller than a nation (and which in turn may be contained within a nation). The tribe is often the basis of ethnic identity.

(synecdoche) A tribal nation or people.

(derogatory) A nation or people in an area considered culturally primitive, such as Africa, Australia or Native America.

A socially cohesive group of people within a society.

A class or group of things.

(zoology) A group of apes who live and work together.

(taxonomy) A hierarchal rank between family and genus.

A group of affiliated Mardi Gras Indians.

The collective noun for various animals.

(stock breeding) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line.

(transitive) To distribute into tribes or classes; to categorize.