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Carib

/ˈkɛrəb/
/ˈkɛrɪb/
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Other forms: Caribs

Definitions of Carib
  1. noun
    a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles
    synonyms: Carib Indian
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    type of:
    Amerindian
    a dated term applied to an Indigenous person living in the Americas
  2. noun
    the family of languages spoken by the Carib
    synonyms: Caribbean language
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    type of:
    American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language
    a dated term referring to any of the languages spoken by Indigenous people in the Americas
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