Crossword clues for antebellum
The Collaborative International Dictionary
nonmodern \nonmodern\ adj. 1. not modern; of or characteristic of an earlier time. Opposite of modern. [Narrower terms: antebellum; fogyish, mossgrown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud(prenominal), stodgy old-fashioned; medieval, mediaeval, gothic; old-time, quaint; unmodernized; victorian; old-fashioned, outmoded; old-world] Also See: old, past.
antebellum \antebellum\ adj. 1. belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of the time period prior to a war. 2 In the United States of America, of the period prior to the American civil war, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
WordNet
adj. belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War
Wikipedia
Antebellum may refer to:
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Antebellum United States, the pre-American Civil War period in the United States
- History of the United States (1789–1849)
- History of the United States (1849–65)
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Antebellum South, the Antebellum era (1781–1860), or Plantation era in the American South
- Antebellum South Carolina
- Antebellum architecture, the neoclassical architectural style of the American South during the antebellum period
- Lady Antebellum, an American country music group
Usage examples of "antebellum".
The money that poured in allowed them to restore the mansions to their antebellum splendor, and soon Yankees and Europeans traveled by thousands to this living museum of the Old South.
Presbyterian church, the roofs of antebellum mansions and stately public buildings.
The limo pulled up in front of an antebellum mansion where a private party was in full rage.
Spanish moss from the pillared veranda of an antebellum mansion by an imposing liveried black, the sun gleaming on the strong lineaments of his brow arching disdainfully as a decrepit horse and buggy bearing an aging woman and a handsome intense young man standing to snap his whip imperiously came close for an exchange of unheard words to be pointed scornfully on their way, glimpsed from behind a curtain by a ravishingly beautiful young woman in negligee in their retreat back down the drive.
Spanish moss from the pillared veranda of an antebellum mansion by an imposing liveried black there he is!
The interior of the town was crusted with antebellum mansions surrounded by live oaks that not so much towered over as embraced the property.
A Mississippi native, Raymond had been unable to resist the antebellum lure.
Most were not the antebellum mansions one thought of when envisioning southern architecture, but aped that graciousness and were better for it.
She reminded herself that many of the blacks who had been enslaved in antebellum America had been strong, powerful men as well.
Even in antebellum America, slaves had been permitted to marry and bear children.
Expert at the art of renovating antebellum mansions to their original splendor, Burnell Construction had proven its mettle once again.
Over his shoulder, she could see a couple of elderly ladies in antebellum finery peering at them through the palms.
In fact, if the clock had really been turned back and focused on the antebellum South, she would have been considered the belle of the area.
They looked like the portraits in the hotel lobby of famous antebellum Creoles, descendants of the early French and Spanish settlers in Louisiana.
Selene pulled the damp cloth of her white spencer, a sort of antebellum blouse, away from her neck and tried to blow inside the steamy confines of her garment, to no avail.