tribesman

noun

tribes·​man ˈtrībz-mən How to pronounce tribesman (audio)
: a member of a tribe

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Directed by Kim Chang-ju, the film is a comedy about a Korean archery champion who has to learn some humility when a plane crash lands him in the South American jungle and puts him among tribesmen with better bow and arrow skills. Patrick Frater, Variety, 4 Nov. 2024 Still buckled into her seat after the fuselage exploded around her, Rebecca would have been eaten alive by the ants if not for the tribesman who rescued her from the rubble and carried the girl back to Christian civilization. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Oct. 2024 Without access to a real-time map of prey in different hunting grounds, for example, a prehistoric hunter might have resorted to a simple rule of thumb: look for animals where his fellow tribesmen found them yesterday. Elke U. Weber, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020 In the movie’s most visceral sequence, the tribesmen close in on the home of the Kittredge family. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for tribesman 

Word History

First Known Use

1798, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tribesman was in 1798

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“Tribesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tribesman. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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tribesman

noun
tribes·​man ˈtrībz-mən How to pronounce tribesman (audio)
: a member of a tribe

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