caribe

[ kuh-ree-bee; Spanish kah-ree-be ]

noun,plural ca·ri·bes

[kuh-ree-beez; Spanish kah-ree-bes]. /kəˈri biz; Spanish kɑˈri βɛs/.

Origin of caribe

First recorded in 1815–20; from Spanish: “cannibal,” literally, “Carib”; see Carib

Several other tribes follow a similar custom; allowing, however, the bones to be deprived of flesh by the ravenous little caribes.
The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston
The caymans, alarmed by the uproar, keep at a distance; but the savage little caribes frequently attack them, and many thus fall.
The Western World | W.H.G. Kingston
He, however, began to talk of those of Caniba, whom they call Caribes.
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 | Various
Caribes, in Spanish, sometimes means the Carib people; here, simply savages.
An Account of the Conquest of Peru | Pedro Sancho

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