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postbellum

[ pohst-bel-uhm ]

adjective

  1. occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War:

    postbellum reforms.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of postbellum1

First recorded in 1870–75, postbellum is from Latin post bellum “after the war”

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