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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Belonging to the period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Before the war: often used (joined by a hyphen) attributively.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Of the time period prior to a war.
  2. adj. In the United States of America, of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

Etymologies

  1. From the Latin phrase ante bellum (literally "before the war"), from ante ("before") + bellum ("war"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Latin ante bellum : ante, before + bellum, war. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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