subs. (colloquial).—A number of persons: in contempt.
d. 1685. ROSCOMMON, A Prologue, Spoken to … the Duke of York, at Edinburgh.
| | Folly and vice are easy to describe, |
| The common subjects of our scribbling TRIBE. |
1859. TENNYSON, Enid. A TRIBE of women, dress’d in many hues.
