Associations to the word «Antebellum»

Wiktionary

ANTEBELLUM, adjective. Of the time period prior to a war.
ANTEBELLUM, adjective. 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.

Dictionary definition

ANTEBELLUM, adjective. Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats