Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Belonging to the period after a war, especially the US Civil War.
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- adjective Of the period following a war.
- adjective In the United States, of the period following the Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What's funny is the writer actually meant "postbellum" (after the war).
Boing Boing Cory Doctorow 2010
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Anachronisms abound, from New Age lingo like “She gives off a bad feeling” to the dialect of the postbellum South: “her borning young.”
Mercy! 2009
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Anachronisms abound, from New Age lingo like “She gives off a bad feeling” to the dialect of the postbellum South: “her borning young.”
Mercy! 2009
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The role of the black press reached its heights in the postbellum era, as millions of the formerly enslaved black Americans hungered for a voice amidst the clamor and fuss of Reconstruction.
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The role of the black press reached its heights in the postbellum era, as millions of the formerly enslaved black Americans hungered for a voice amidst the clamor and fuss of Reconstruction.
Honey For Friends, Stings for Enemies: The Washington Bee | Edwardian Promenade 2010
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The American analogue is the decaying plantation house in Faulkner's postbellum South.
Putting Sweet Sounds Together Wes Davis 2011
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The vast majority of federal court cases in postbellum Georgia, 80 percent by some estimates, were liquor trials.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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Several more short stories followed, in which Chestnutt drew on his knowledge of eastern North Carolina to illustrate both the hardships and the idiosyncrasies of the postbellum South.
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I particularly like the sections on sewage and water supply postbellum 1800's.
An Unnatural Metropolis Steve Perry 2010
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The vast majority of federal court cases in postbellum Georgia, 80 percent by some estimates, were liquor trials.
CHASING the WHITE DOG MAX WATMAN 2010
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