Tribe

trīb, n. an aggregate of stocks—a stock being an aggregate of persons considered to be kindred—or an aggregate of families, forming a community usually under the government of a chief: a number of things having certain common qualities.— adj. Trib′al .— n. Trib′alism .— adv. Trib′ally .— ns. Tribe′let ; Tribes′man . [L. tribus , orig. applied to one of the three divisions of the ancient Roman people— tri- , tres , three.]