American English pronunciation

How to pronounce antebellum

IPA transcription: [,æntɪ'bɛləm]

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Adjective

  • belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War

Usage examples

  • As a tourist destination, the Battery is famous for its stately, mainly antebellum homes.
  • In the hotheaded antebellum years, the Society could become raucous.
  • It was largely developed as cotton plantations in the antebellum years.
  • Pierpont was an important influence on reform-minded antebellum poets.
  • He resides at Oaklawn Manor, an antebellum plantation mansion in Franklin.