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pretransportation

pretransportation adjective: before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).

Adjective

pretransportation (not comparable)

  1. Before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).
    • James went through the courts and spent months in a crowded cell without anyone realising he was a she. After the sentence was commuted, her gender was revealed during the compulsory pre-transportation bath and an appeal was lodged for her pardon.2013, David Hunt, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, volume 1

Origin of pretransportation

From pre- + transportation.

Words that rhyme with pretransportation

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Questions about pretransportation

What does pretransportation mean?
Pretransportation means before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).
What part of speech is pretransportation?
Pretransportation is an adjective.

Words near pretransportation in the dictionary

  1. pretransmitted
  2. pretransmitting
  3. pretransplant
  4. pretransplantation
  5. pretransport
  6. pretransportation
  7. pretransverse
  8. pretraumatic
  9. pretravel
  10. pretreat
  11. pretreatable

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