antebellum
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin ante (“‘before’”) + bellum (“‘war’”)
[edit] Adjective
antebellum (not comparable)
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- Of the time period prior to a war.
- A renewed sense of national pride arose in Hitler's antebellum Germany.
- In the United States of America, of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
- Slavery was an accepted part of antebellum plantation life.
[edit] Antonyms
- (of a time prior to war): postbellum
[edit] Translations
- Czech: předválečný cs(cs)
- Russian: довоенный /dovojénnyj/ (1)
- German: Vorkriegszeit
[edit] Anagrams
- Alphagram: abeellmntu
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