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ante-bellum|ˈæntɪ ˈbɛləm|
[Lat. phr., ‘before the war’, used attrib. or as adj.]
Previous to the war, i.e. spec. the American civil war (1861–5), the S. African war (1899– 1902), or either of the wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45.
1862M. B. Chesnut Diary 14 June (1905) 188 Her face was as placid and unmoved as in antebellum days. 1879Tourgée Fool's Errand xv. 82 Evidently thinking that his connection with this ante bellum barbarity had somehow increased his importance. 1882Rep. Ho. Repr. Prec. Met. U.S. 306 One of the productive mines of antebellum days. 1905Westm. Gaz. 4 Jan. 1/3 The ante-bellum negotiations. 1924Contemp. Rev. Apr. 438 Deaths of infants from overlaying..were also only one-third of the ante-bellum number. 1955Times 28 May 7/5 In the particular case of our basic raw material, paper, the ante-bellum price for certain grades has actually trebled itself. |