"intercolonial" meaning in English

See intercolonial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: inter- + colonial Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|inter|colonial}} inter- + colonial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} intercolonial (not comparable)
  1. Between colonies Tags: not-comparable Translations (between colonies): intercolonial (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-intercolonial-en-adj-1fRAKQL4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with inter-

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          "text": "1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XVIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt\n[…] in 1858 I shipped on an intercolonial vessel, under engagement to proceed to the Swan River settlement."
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          "text": "These outlaws, [Mitford] Mathews infers, were groups of backwoodsmen who stole goods and perhaps even operated crime syndicates on an intercolonial scale. As the Cochrane fragment attests, crackers had reputations for being ill-mannered, arrogant, treacherous, and cruel, stealing from Indians and propertied white colonists alike.",
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