prewar

[pree-wawr]

adjective

before the war: prewar prices.

Origin:
1905–10; pre- + war¹

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prewar (ˌpriːˈwɔː, ˈpriːˌwɔː)

—*adj*
	of or occurring in the period before a war, esp before World War I or II

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