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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary an·te·bel·lum ETYMOLOGY Latin ante bellum before the war DATE circa 1847 : existing before a war; especially : existing before the American Civil War English Etymology antebellum from L. phrase ante bellum, lit. "before the war;" in U.S., usually in ref. to Amer. Civil War (1861-65); first attested in a June 14, 1862, entry in Mary Chesnut's diary. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 antebellum ante·bellum / 7Anti5belEm / adjective[only before noun] connected with the years before a war, especially the American Civil War 战前岁月的；(尤指)美国内战前的: the laws of the antebellum American South 内战前美国南方的法律 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged an·te·bel·lum \ˈantē|beləm, -tə̇-, |aan-\ adjective Etymology: Latin ante bellum before the war : existing before the war < the four antebellum years from 1936 to 1939 — Otto Springer > or especially the Civil War (1861-65) |
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