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 © Cambridge University Press)

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