n., pl., Carib, or -ibs.
- also Car·i·ban (kăr'ə-bən, kə-rē'bən) A member of a group of American Indian peoples of northern South America, the Lesser Antilles, and the eastern coast of Central America.
- Any of the languages of the Carib.
[Spanish Caribe, from earlier Carib karibna, person, Carib.]
Carib Car'ib adj.
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