ˈkarə̇b noun
( plural carib or caribs )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Caribes (plural), from Spanish caribe, from 15th century Arawakan carib (form recorded by Columbus in Haiti) — more at cannibal
1.
a. : an Indian people of northern Brazil, the Guianas, Venezuela, Colombia, the Lesser Antilles, and the Caribbean coast of Honduras, Guatemala, and British Honduras
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Caribs