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Antebellum   /ˌæntɪbˈɛləm/   Listen
Antebellum

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





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"Antebellum" Quotes from Famous Books



... there was a free exit, for the coon was standing there swelling out his chest and grinning as if he had the five hundred already in his jeans, and I knew he couldn't be bluffed out. Just then a typical antebellum Missourian, one of the kind that has to be shown, steps up in front. He was tanked up until his safety valve would have blown off if it hadn't been wired down, but he was pretty steady on his pins when he held onto the railing in front ...
— Side Show Studies • Francis Metcalfe
... privilege to take a brief ride at the front in an antebellum motor bus of glorious memory—there being nothing left in Paris but the subway. Buses are now used to carry fresh meat, although they have been used in transporting troops and also ammunition. We trundled quite merrily along ...
— New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various


Words linked to "Antebellum" :   nonmodern


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