carib Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
    Carib Indian.
  2. noun the family of languages spoken by the Carib
    Caribbean language.

WordNet

Car"ib noun
Etymology
See Cannibal.
Wordforms
plural Caries
Definitions
  1. (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coaste of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

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