berber | ||
1. | [ noun ] (religion,Islam) a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa | |
Related terms: | Muslim almoravid Riff | |
2. | [ noun ] an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa | |
Synonyms: | arab-berber | |
Related terms: | ethnic_minority | |
3. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 25801 | |
4. | [ noun ] (linguistics) a cluster of related dialects that were once the major language of North Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly in Morocco | |
Related terms: | Afroasiatic Tuareg | |
Similar spelling: |
Berberis Berberich bearberry beriberi barber Barbero Barbera |