What does Antebellum mean?

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It is the period before war.

In Latin 'bellum' means war and the prefix 'ante' means before.

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Mean can mean you are being rude or in math terms it is adding a set of numbers then dividing by the total amount. ex. If your numbers are 1,2,and 3 add them to get 6 and divide by 3. You get 2.
What do you mean by saying mean-head?
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