ANTEBELLUM


Meaning of ANTEBELLUM in English

ˈantē|beləm, -tə̇-, |aan- adjective

Etymology: Latin ante bellum before the war

: existing before the war

the four antebellum years from 1936 to 1939 — Otto Springer

or especially the Civil War (1861-65)

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.