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intertribal

[ in-ter-trahy-buhl ]

adjective

  1. occurring between tribes:

    intertribal warfare.



intertribal

/ ˌɪntəˈtraɪbəl /

adjective

  1. conducted between or involving two or more tribes


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Word History and Origins

Origin of intertribal1

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + tribal

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Example Sentences

Long before Africa became the slave market of the New World it harboured an intertribal traffic in human beings.

Its success was dependent on the building of an intertribal association such as Indian history had never known.

One important result of the present firm control is the total cessation of intertribal warfare.

The very existence of a trade jargon or a sign language is proof of intertribal relations over wide areas.

The decrease, if the two estimates are correct, is probably due to intertribal and interclan wars.

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