Berber Definition

bûrbər
noun
A member of a North African, primarily Muslim people living in settled or nomadic tribes from Morocco to Egypt.
American Heritage
A member of a Muslim people of N Africa.
Webster's New World
Any of the Afro-Asiatic languages of the Berbers.
American Heritage
The Afroasiatic language of this people.
Webster's New World

A member of a particular ethnic group indigenous to northwest Africa.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of the Berbers or their language or culture.
Webster's New World
Of the Berber people, their culture, or their language.
Wiktionary
pronoun

A group of closely related Afroasiatic languages spoken in northern Africa, particularly Morocco and Algeria.

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Origin of Berber

  • Arabic Barbar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Berber Sentence Examples

  • After a time Abd-ar-rahman found that his life was threatened, and he fled farther west, taking refuge among the Berber tribes of Mauritania.

  • But from the fact that the bulk of the Tunisian population belongs to the Iberian section of the Berbers, and to this being no doubt the fundamental stock of most Italian peoples, the intermixture of the Italianized Berber with his African brother has not much affected the physique of the people, though it may have slightly tinged their mental characteristics.

  • In its collective industry the Berber race is far superior to the Arab.

  • Vacuuming is the best way to maintain a Berber carpet, but if the carpet gets a stain, use a carpet stain remover.

  • Installing Berber carpet tiles is as easy as installing vinyl tiles.

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Words Starting With

BBEBER

Words Ending With

RERBER

Unscrambles

Berber

Words Starting With B and Ending With R

Starts With B & Ends With RStarts With BE & Ends With RStarts With B & Ends With ER

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With B6 Letter Words Ending With R