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antebellum definition

☆ ante·bel·lum (an′tē bel′əm, -ti-)

adjective

before the war; specif., before the American Civil War

Etymology: L ante bellum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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