barbarian tribe

collocation in English

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barbarian
noun[C]
uk
/bɑːˈbeə.ri.ən/us
/bɑːrˈber.i.ən/
a member of a group of people from a very different country or culture that is considered to be less socially advanced and more violent than ...
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tribe
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/traɪb/us
/traɪb/
a group of people, often of related families, who live together, sharing the same language, culture, and history, especially those who do not live in towns ...
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(Definition ofbarbarianandtribefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Each player'sbarbariantribeconsists of a tribe of warriors and a tribe of horsemen.
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He travels hundreds of miles northeast to an ancient cave and joins the remnants of abarbariantribeapparently meant to protect it.
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They decided that of all the barbarian tribes they encountered, they were the most barbarous—a lesson which some people might learn to-day and adopt in this country.
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In the 4th and the 5th centuries, it was taken by the barbarian tribes and went into decline.
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This can be mundane (bandits, barbarian tribes or ruthless noblemen) or magical (evil sorcerers, monstrous races or old curses).
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Sometimes these tactics were also used to conduct punitive raids on barbarian tribes which had performed raids across the border.
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Many barbarian tribes became skilled warriors able to conquer rich cities and fertile lands and to forge strong military empires.
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If you do not treat it as a vassal, how would the other barbarian tribes be willing to submit to you?
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Internally, it was weakened by civil wars, the violent succession of brief emperors, and secession in the provinces, while externally it faced a new wave of attacks by barbarian tribes.
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Tatja, who grew up with barbarian tribes in the interior of a continent, has made her way to the coasts where there are several technologically advanced island-based civilizations.
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From the 3rd century are the first records of a small number of regular units bearing the names of barbarian tribes (as opposed to "peregrini" tribal names).
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