Tribune

trib'iin, n. a magistrate elected by the Roman plebeians to defend their rights the raised platform from which speeches were delivered.— n. Trlb'uneship L. tnbunus orig. ‘the representative of a tribe’ tribus, a tribe. See Tribe Tributary, trib'Q-tar-i, adj paying tribute: subject yielding supplies of anything paid in tribute. —«. one who pays tribute a stream which contributes water to another. — adv. Tributarily. Tribute, trib'CU, «. a fixed amount paid at certain intervals by one nation to another lor peace or protection a personal contribution acknow- — fedgment, or homage paid. [L. tribulitm tribuo, to a ign, give, pay trtbus a tribe. See Tribe.]