Line
Line noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.
Usage example: a 10th of all island residents are members of the line of this early settler
Tribe
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How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Men have a habit of falling in line around her (unless they're named Yul Kwon or part of the Heroes tribe).
Source: Series / Survivor -
Line-of-Sight Name: In the original version of the intro, the tribe's leader gives Robert his last name from a can of Foster's Lager.
Source: Video Game / Beneath a Steel Sky -
Down the line, it turns out Shadam is the Man Behind the Man due to the fact that he had already controlled the Gohma tribe.
Source: Series / Gosei Sentai Dairanger
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Tribe and Line. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/line/tribe
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