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intertribal Definition

inter·tribal (-trī′bəl)

adjective

between or among tribes

intertribal Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • fighting: Up until 1958 there was still intertribal fighting in the area, for women and land.
  • warfare: He was shortly after slain in battle by one whose brother he had put to death in the intertribal warfare.
  • war: British influence was gradually extended over the hinterland, chiefly with the object of suppressing intertribal wars, which greatly hindered trade.
  • conflict: Later, I was escorted to a grave near the chapel where lay three generations brutally slain in intertribal conflict three years ago.