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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Berber \Ber"ber\ (b[~e]r"b[~e]r), 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Berber
       n 1: a member of a Caucasoid Muslim people of northern Africa
       2: an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and
          living in northern Africa [syn: {Arab-Berber}]
       3: a cluster of related dialects that were once the major
          language of northern Africa west of Egypt; now spoken
          mostly in Morocco

















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