antebellum

     

"Antebellum" is an expression erived from Latin that means "before war" (ante, "before," and bellum, "war").

Trivia about antebellum

  • From the Latin for "before the war" comes this term for a period before a war, especially the Civil War
  • This adjective describing a mansion built before the Civil War means "before the war"
  • Well, I declare! It means "before the war", like many mansions of the American South

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