postbellum
[ pohst-bel-uh m ]
/ poʊstˈbɛl əm /
adjective
occurring after a war, especially after the American Civil War: postbellum reforms.
Words nearby postbellum
postal union, postatomic, postaudit, postaxial, postbag, postbellum, postbox, postboy, postbrachial, postbus, postcanonical
Origin of postbellum
First recorded in 1870–75, postbellum is from the Latin word post bellum after the war
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