a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader

indigenous Indian tribes

a distinctive or close-knit group

she made a stand against the social codes of her English middle-class tribe

brands are adopted by a tribe of users

an outburst against the whole tribe of theoreticians

a taxonomic category that ranks above genus and below family or subfamily, usually ending in -ini (in zoology) or -eae (in botany)