antebellum.
Of the time period prior to a war.
Meaning & usage
Of the time period prior to a war.
A renewed sense of national pride arose in Hitler's antebellum Germany.
Of the time period prior to a war. 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.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Latin ante bellum (literally “before the war”).
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