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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a member of an American Indian peoples of northeastern South America and the Lesser Antilles [syn: Carib, Carib Indian]
2: the family of languages spoken by the Carib [syn: Carib, Caribbean language]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: New Latin Caribes (plural), from Spanish Caribe, of Cariban origin — more at cannibal Date: 1555 1. a member of an Indian people of northern South America and the Lesser Antilles 2. the language of the Caribs

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 an aboriginal inhabitant of the southern W. Indies or the adjacent coasts. 2 the language of this people. --adj. of or relating to this people. Etymology: Sp. Caribe f. Haitian

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Carib Car"ib, n.; pl. Caries. [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

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