Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Berber"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Berber \Ber"ber\, n. [See {Barbary}.]
A member of a race somewhat resembling the Arabs, but often
classed as Hamitic, who were formerly the inhabitants of the
whole of North Africa from the Mediterranean southward into
the Sahara, and who still occupy a large part of that region;
-- called also {Kabyles}. Also, the language spoken by this
people.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Berber
n 1: a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa
[syn: {Berber}]
2: a cluster of related dialects that were once the major
language of North Africa west of Egypt; now spoken mostly
in Morocco [syn: {Berber}]
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