( n. )
A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
( n. )
A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012