TRIBAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tribal mean? 

• TRIBAL (adjective)
  The adjective TRIBAL has 1 sense:

1. relating to or characteristic of a tribe

  Familiarity information: TRIBAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIBAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or characteristic of a tribe

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

tribal customs

Pertainym:

tribe (a social division of (usually preliterate) people)

Derivation:

tribe (group of people related by blood or marriage)

tribe (a federation (as of American Indians))

tribe (a social division of (usually preliterate) people)

 Context examples 

Denotes a person having origins in any indigenous people of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.

(Alaska Native, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers worked closely with local and regional native tribal groups as they excavated the site.

(Archaeologists discover remains of Ice-Age infants in Alaska, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America) and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

(American Indian or Alaska Native, NCI Thesaurus)

Aleutian - a person having origins from the Aleut indigenous group of Alaska and their descendants and who maintains tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.

(Aleutian, NCI Thesaurus)