: a member of an aboriginal people of India
—usually used in plural
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Adjective
a tribal solidarity that transcends all other loyalties or bonds
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Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The agency’s epidemiologists also continue to assist state, local, and tribal health departments when they’re faced with particularly challenging outbreaks, such as the rabies infections that have turned up in unusually high numbers this year.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The emotional heartbeat of the gang, Cancer is the one hugging people after blindsides and crying at the final tribal.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Adjective
The potable water will instead be used to provide water for Pascua Yaqui's latest 200-home housing development, which Hernandez said would provide about 800 tribal members with new homes within the tribal lands.
—Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The agency’s epidemiologists also continue to assist state, local, and tribal health departments when they’re faced with particularly challenging outbreaks, such as the rabies infections that have turned up in unusually high numbers this year.
—Keren Landman, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
Arguing that relocation can stem the loss of biodiversity, the government has classified some islands used by Nicobarese tribals as wildlife sanctuaries.
—M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
The emotional heartbeat of the gang, Cancer is the one hugging people after blindsides and crying at the final tribal.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 31 May 2025
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“Tribal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tribal. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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