A man belonging to a tribe in a traditional society or group.
‘They are as keenly felt by the African tribesman as by the European city-dweller, by the inhabitant of a Latin American shanty-town as by the resident of a Manhattan apartment.’
‘On hearing of his misdeeds, the ‘witch’ has no trouble believing that he is indeed the cause of his tribesman's misfortunes.’
‘Gillison seems in her element in uncharted jungles, among indigenous tribesmen and curious expats.’
‘Many African tribesmen routinely bagged their game by following it until it tired and they could kill it easily.’
‘After the Arab conquest during the 7th century Arab tribesmen settled in Lebanon.’
‘The policy weakens the tribesman's faith in British fair play.’
‘Abu, an African tribesman, befriends Harry after saving him from certain death and speaks perfect English.’
‘The status of the book was a dramatic illustration of the fact that the language of the tribesmen of Arabia had become that of a major Eurasian civilization.’
‘Most victims were migrants from other parts of Indonesia who became the target of local tribesmen venting their anger on the police.’
‘There are Arabs, Uzbeks and Chechens and local tribesmen among the captives.’
‘They were once thriving tribesmen that ranged all across southern Africa.’
‘They're mostly Egyptian tribesmen with connections to the Arabs living in Palestine.’
‘Chechen tribesmen figure prominently in the works of some major Russian 19th century writers.’
‘Towns were regarded as tribes, therefore when someone from Najaf killed a tribesman, the tribe would avenge the murdered by murdering another Najafi.’
‘Now all the city notables and tribesmen have to build all sorts of new relationships with new foreign peace enforcers.’
‘Tens of thousands of Turkmen tribesmen swarmed across Asia Minor, and within a decade the empire had lost most of its grain and more than half its manpower.’
‘Other tribesmen were approaching from all around him.’
‘Tutsi guerrilla fighters would not let me catch so much as a feral chicken in a countryside swarming with the livestock of their murdered fellow tribesmen.’
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