Post-war means belonging to the years after a war. The post-war years.
In Britain it means after 1945 unless somebody says otherwise. The post-war period built the welfare state and most of the housing that followed it.
1adjectivepost-warBelonging to the years after a war.
“The post-war estate was built in eighteen months.”
post-war is a quality.
Old English
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Middle English
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English
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English, today
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From post- + war. post comes from Middle English post, from Old English post. Middle English post, from Old English post (“pillar, door-post”) and Old French post (“post, upright beam”), both from Latin postis (“door, post, doorpost”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA