Pre-war

/pɹiːˈwɔː/ adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before a war. not-comparable

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:prewar."

  2. 2
    Before a war.; Before the most recent or significant war in a culture's history. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Before a war.; Before the outbreak of World War I in 1914. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Before a war.; Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.; Especially pre-war architecture: buildings (particularly in and around New York) built between 1900 and about 1940. not-comparable
  5. 5
    Before a war.; Before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.; Between the end of World War I in 1918 and the outbreak of World War II in 1939; interwar, especially Weimar Republic Germany. not-comparable

Example

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"This is a wonderful pre-war whiskey."

Etymology

From pre- + war.

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