tribespeople

English

Etymology

From tribe +‎ -s- +‎ people.

Noun

tribespeople pl (plural only)

  1. The people who belong to a tribe.
    • 2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN‎[1]:
      In 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by tribespeople after he arrived on North Sentinel Island, hoping to convert the local people to Christianity.

Hyponyms

Noun

tribespeople (plural tribespeoples)

  1. A tribal race of people.
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