Berber
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Ber·ber
(bûr′bər)n.
1. A member of a North African, primarily Muslim people living in settled or nomadic tribes from Morocco to Egypt.
2. Any of the Afro-Asiatic languages of the Berbers.
[Arabic Barbar.]
Ber′ber adj.
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Berber
(ˈbɜːbə)n
1. (Peoples) a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of N Africa
2. (Languages) the language of this people, forming a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. There are extensive differences between dialects
adj
3. (Languages) of or relating to this people or their language
4. (Peoples) of or relating to this people or their language
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Ber•ber
(ˈbɜr bər)n.
1. a member of any of a group of peoples of the mountains of North Africa and mountains and oases of the Sahara, including, in most usages, the Tuaregs.
2. the group of closely related languages spoken by these peoples: a branch of Afroasiatic.
[1835–45; < Arabic barbar < Greek bárbaros; see barbarous]
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| Noun | 1. |  Berber - a member of an indigenous people of northern AfricaAfrican - a native or inhabitant of Africa Almoravid - a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain |
| 2. | Berber - a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco Afrasian, Afrasian language, Afroasiatic, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic language, Hamito-Semitic - a large family of related languages spoken both in Asia and Africa Tuareg - the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg |
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