Berber

Ber·ber  (bûrbr)

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.

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[Arabic Barbar.]

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Berber adj.

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Berber

Noun

1. a member of a Muslim people of N Africa

2. the language of this people

Adjective

of the Berbers

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Berber - a member of an indigenous people of northern Africa African - 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 Riff, Riffian - a Berber living in northern Morocco
	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, Afro-Asiatic, Afroasiatic, 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