antebellum

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

antebellum
    adj 1: belonging to a period before a war especially the
           American Civil War

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.
      [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

antebellum \antebellum\ adj.
   1. belonging to a period before a war, especially the
      American Civil War.
      [WordNet 1.5]