berber

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 relating to the Berbers or their language.

noun

1. a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of N Africa
2. the language of this people, forming a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. There are extensive differences between dialects

adjective

3. of or relating to this people or their language

1820 (n.); 1832 (adj.), from Arabic name for the peoples living west of Egypt; perhaps ultimately from Greek barbaros “barbarians” (see Barbary).