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ante bellum

ante bellum is the alternative form of antebellum.

Meaning of antebellum

Adjective

antebellum (not comparable)

  1. Of the time period prior to a war.
    • A renewed sense of national pride arose in Hitler's antebellum Germany.
    1. (US) Of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
      • See also: Antebellum South

Questions about ante bellum

What is ante bellum the alternative form of?
Ante bellum is the alternative form of antebellum.

Words near ante bellum in the dictionary

  1. antbirds
  2. Antczak
  3. Antczaks
  4. antdom
  5. ante
  6. ante bellum
  7. ante chamber
  8. ante in
  9. ante litteram
  10. ante meridiem
  11. ante over

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ante bellum (page history and authors); antebellum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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