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Ber⋅ber

  [bur-ber]
–noun
1. a member of a group of North African tribes living in Barbary and the Sahara.
2. a subfamily of Afro-Asiatic, consisting of the languages of the Berbers, including Tuareg and Kabyle.
–adjective
3. of or pertaining to the Berbers or their language.
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Origin:
1835–45; < Ar barbar < Gk bárbaros; see barbarous
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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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Word Origin & History

Berber 
1842, from Arabic name for aboriginal people west and south of Egypt; perhaps ult. from Gk. Barbaros "barbarians" (see Barbary).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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