Definition of Intertribal

1. Adjective. Between or among tribes. "Intertribal warfare"

Partainyms: Tribe

Definition of Intertribal

1. Adjective. Between tribes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intertribal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intertribal

intertitle
intertitles
intertrack
intertraffic
intertragic notch
intertranslatability
intertranslation
intertranslations
intertranspicuous
intertransversalis
intertransversarii muscles
intertransverse
intertransverse ligament
intertransverse muscles
intertrial
intertribal (current term)
intertribally
intertriginous
intertrigo
intertrimer
intertrochanteric
intertrochanteric crest
intertrochanteric line
intertrons
intertroop
intertropical
intertropical anaemia
intertropical hyphemia
intertube
intertubercular bursitis

Literary usage of Intertribal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"ums ; though there was a multiplicity of tribes and an abondant population, and hence ample cause for intertribal strife, their warfare was in keeping with ..."

2. The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas by Edward Westermarck (1906)
"That savages to some extent recognise the existence of intertribal rights in times of peace is obvious from certain customs connected with ..."

3. Christian Missions and Social Progress: A Sociological Study of Foreign Missions by James Shepard Dennis (1897)
"Trespass or violence on the part of intertribal feuds in the any member of a tribe is regarded as fastening the guilt upon the entire tribe, ..."

4. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"When the harvest is garnered it is no uncommon occurrence for them to indulge their pugnacious instinct by engaging in intertribal fights, and only at long ..."

5. A History of the Dakota Or Sioux Indians: From Their Earliest Traditions and by Doane Robinson (1904)
"... —Hennepin—LeSueur—intertribal Wars—French Interference —Post at Lake Pepin—War with Chippewas for Forty Successive Years—Verendrye Probably Visits South ..."

6. The Foundations of Society and the Land: A Review of the Social Systems of by John Wynne Jeudwine (1918)
"intertribal Warfare.—So far as wars between the tribes were concerned, they seldom affected the actual possession of territory, but resulted only in changes ..."

7. An Introductory History of England by Charles Robert Leslie Fletcher (1907)
"... and so from about 600 to 830 the years are principally occupied with intertribal wars, which the advent and rapid spread of Christianity, ..."

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