tribal

adj

1. Of or relating to tribes.

   “social order through tribal law”

   “‘What has he done?’ ‘Oh, killed a few natives. That wouldn’t count so much if it was all ‘tribal’; but he’s ‘gone cheeky’ and threatens wholesale murder. My job is to grab him before he slaughters more.’”

2. Based on or organized according to tribes.

   “a tribal society”

3. (historical, rare)Phylogenic.

   “tribal history”

4. Incorporating designs or styles typical of an indigenous people.

   “tribal techno music”

   “a purse with a tribal design”

noun

1. A design or image that has been influenced by indigenous peoples; especially such a tattoo.
2. (India)A member of a tribe.

   “This right had been accepted by relative tribals but misobeyed and effaced by non-tribals and foreign peasants.”

   “[…] the legendary Adivasi leader Jaipal Singh Munda who came to represent the tribals not just of his native plateau, but also of all of India […]”