intertribal

[ in-ter-trahy-buhl ]

adjective

1. occurring between tribes:

   intertribal warfare.

intertribal

/ ˌɪntəˈtraɪbəl /

adjective

1. conducted between or involving two or more tribes

Word History and Origins

Origin of intertribal¹

First recorded in 1860–65; inter- + tribal

Example Sentences

Flanagan, 64, is an elder with the Seneca Nation’s Turtle Clan, a teacher and storyteller at Dream of Wild Health, an intertribal nonprofit and community farmMy whole life, since I was young, people would send me out in the woods to look for plants.

From Washington Post

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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