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transwar

transwar adjective: referring to a period spanning from before to during and after a war, especially the period from before to after (and including) one of the World Wars.

Adjective

transwar (not comparable)

  1. Referring to a period spanning from before to during and after a war, especially the period from before to after (and including) one of the World Wars.
    • 1999 February, A. J. Arnold, "Profitability and Capital Accumulation in British Industry during the Transwar Period, 1913-1924", in The Economic History Review, new series, vol. 52, no. 1
    • The book interrogates questions of social space illuminating national identity, gender, race, and social status during the transwar period from the 1920s until 1950s, including the interwar, wartime, Allied Occupation, and early Cold War periods.2022, Annika A. Culver, Japan's Empire of Birds, page 10

Origin of transwar

From trans- + war, compare transregional (“spanning across regions”).

Questions about transwar

What does transwar mean?
Transwar means referring to a period spanning from before to during and after a war, especially the period from before to after (and including) one of the World Wars.
What part of speech is transwar?
Transwar is an adjective.

Words near transwar in the dictionary

  1. transvests
  2. transvitreal
  3. transvolation
  4. transvolations
  5. transvolcanic
  6. transwar
  7. transwashing
  8. transwell
  9. transwells
  10. transwestite
  11. transwestites

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