intertribal
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.
Browse dictionary entries near intertribal
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- interval
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