berber

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: Ber=ber

CIDE DICTIONARY

berber, 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]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

berber, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a member of the indigenous mainly Muslim Caucasian peoples of N. Africa.
2 the language of these peoples.
--adj. of the Berbers or their language.

Etymology

Arab. barbar