tribesman

noun

tribes·man ˈtrībz-mən

: a member of a tribe

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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 Tribal custom does not oblige tribesmen to follow the leadership of local sheiks as members in a political party are obliged to follow the party line. —

Charles Schmitz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2015 See all Example Sentences for tribesman