prewar

[ pree-wawr ]

/ ˈpriˈwɔr /

before the war: prewar prices.

Origin of prewar

First recorded in 1905–10; pre- + war¹

The price of chicken dropped precipitously, making it much more ubiquitous than it was in the prewar era.

The Economic History of Stereotypes |Megan McArdle |June 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But the Government was careful not to subject them to the hazards and isolation which the ordinary, prewar settler had to face.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VIII (of VIII) |various
Odhise Paskal was the only notable sculptor of prewar Albania.

Area Handbook for Albania |Eugene K. Keefe
There was considerable similarity in form, though not in performance, between the Mayfly and the prewar Zeppelin.

A History of Aeronautics |E. Charles Vivian

The physician can do without most of the German drugs, because the prewar demand had been stimulated artificially.

The Propaganda for Reform in Proprietary Medicines, Vol. 2 of 2 |Various
Unlike the prewar faculties, technical and scientific faculties have had the highest enrollments.

Area Handbook for Bulgaria |Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

prewar

/ (ˌpriːˈwɔː, ˈpriːˌwɔː) /

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