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Berber
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Berber has 2 senses
- berber(n = noun.person) - a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa; is a kind of african
- berber(n = noun.communication) - a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco; is a kind of afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic
has particulars: almoravid, riff, riffian
has particulars: tuareg
CIDE DICTIONARY
Berber, n. [See Barbary.].
A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region; -- called also Kabyles . Also, the language spoken by this people. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Berber, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a member of the indigenous mainly Muslim Caucasian peoples of N. Africa.
2 the language of these peoples.
--adj. of the Berbers or their language.
--n.
1 a member of the indigenous mainly Muslim Caucasian peoples of N. Africa.
2 the language of these peoples.
--adj. of the Berbers or their language.
Etymology
Arab. barbar
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