antebellum
adjective/ˌæntiˈbeləm/
/ˌæntiˈbeləm/
[only before noun] (formal)- connected with the years before a war, especially the American Civil War
- the laws of the antebellum American South
CultureThe word antebellum is mainly used in the US to describe grand houses built in the southern states before the American civil war.Oxford Collocations DictionaryAntebellum is used with these nouns:- era
- slavery
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin, from ante ‘before’ and bellum ‘war’.Want to learn more?
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