American English pronunciation
How to pronounce antebellum
IPA transcription: [,æntɪ'bɛləm]
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Adjective
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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.