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Word: Antebellum
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from Latin, from ante ‘before’ and bellum ‘war’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌantɪˈbɛləm
Dialects: British English
Definition:
occurring or existing before a particular war, especially the US Civil War
Short Definition:occurring before particular war
Examples:- the conventions of the antebellum South
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