Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Between colonies; of or pertaining to different colonies in intercourse: as, intercolonial commerce.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Between or among colonies; pertaining to the intercourse or mutual relations of colonies.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Between colonies

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

inter- +‎ colonial

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word intercolonial.

Examples

  • Nor would their assemblies pay for an intercolonial expedition.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Nor would their assemblies pay for an intercolonial expedition.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Nor would their assemblies pay for an intercolonial expedition.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Nor would their assemblies pay for an intercolonial expedition.

    George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

  • Moreover, there was always more than one strand of intercolonial and anti-colonial discourse occurring simultaneously within any one or more of India's variant multidimensional social structures.

    Radovan Karadzic's website and blog 2008

  • These British intercolonial collaborative discourses with Indian natives were centered on multidimensional ideological issues, many of which were previously discussed.

    Radovan Karadzic's website and blog 2008

  • They were merely the grounds for engaging in these collaborative intercolonial discourses.

    Radovan Karadzic's website and blog 2008

  • In order for British colonialists to accomplish this task, they had to first establish a collaborative intercolonial discourse between themselves and Indian indigenous elites who, at that time, held India's power themselves.

    Radovan Karadzic's website and blog 2008

  • Establishing these intercolonial discourses was therefore central to both Indian nationalists and British colonialists, since it offered avenues for them both to establish and expand their power domains and social collaborative networks.

    Radovan Karadzic's website and blog 2008

  • Hence British colonial elites contrived ways in which they could permanently consolidate power among themselves by establishing a collaborative intercolonial discourse with Indian indigenous elite (religious leaders, property owners, traders, and other community leaders).

    Radovan Karadzic's website and blog 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.