postwar

[ pohst-wawr ]

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a period following a war: postwar problems; postwar removal of rationing.

Origin of postwar

1
First recorded in 1905–10; post- + war1

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British Dictionary definitions for post-war

post-war

adjective
  1. happening or existing after a war: the early post-war years

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