pre-war
adjective /ˌpriːˈwɔːr/
/-ˈwɔːr/ Definition
› happening before a war, especially the Second World War: the pre-war years → Compare postwarTwentieth century
(Definition of pre-war adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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