Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A woman who is a member of one's own tribe.
- noun A woman who is a member of an aboriginal people living in tribes.
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- noun A female member of a
tribe .
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Examples
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For like a goddess leaving Mount Olympus, "woman" has climbed off her pedestal and returned to earth to warn and rescue her tribeswoman.
Gabrielle Selz: The Outside Insider: New Work by Taravat Talepasand Gabrielle Selz 2011
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Instead, it nearly costs their lives and throws them into an improbable alliance with a shape-shifting official, a desert tribeswoman, and a healer of enchanting beauty.
New Diva Release! 2009
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For like a goddess leaving Mount Olympus, "woman" has climbed off her pedestal and returned to earth to warn and rescue her tribeswoman.
Gabrielle Selz: The Outside Insider: New Work by Taravat Talepasand Gabrielle Selz 2011
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"I am here and I am yours," she went on, after embracing the tree as an idol is embraced by some wild tribeswoman who can no longer find a mate that's man enough in her own nation.
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If a tribeswoman is really hungry, she says, "I'm so hungry, I could eat something the size of Jay Leno's chin!"
Mark C. Miller: Amazon Rain Forest Tribe Worships Jay Leno's Chin! 2010
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French orphan, a widowed tribeswoman, and other disparate members of society, brings to life a period of colonial upheaval that caused seismic cultural shifts throughout the globe.
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If a tribeswoman is really hungry, she says, "I'm so hungry, I could eat something the size of Jay Leno's chin!"
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"I am here and I am yours," she went on, after embracing the tree as an idol is embraced by some wild tribeswoman who can no longer find a mate that's man enough in her own nation.
A Different Stripe: 2008
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In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a freespirited French orphan.
Sea of Poppies: Summary and book reviews of Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh. 2008
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She thinks she is a tribeswoman and would like to mate with all the tribesmen.
s Appointments 2009
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