Usually means: Before the development of writing.
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  1. preliterate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. preliterate: Merriam-Webster
  3. preliterate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. preliterate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. preliterate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. preliterate: Vocabulary.com
  7. preliterate: Wordnik
  8. preliterate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. preliterate: Wiktionary
  10. preliterate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. preliterate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. preliterate: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. preliterate: Dictionary.com
  14. Preliterate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. preliterate: Rhymezone
  16. preliterate: FreeDictionary.org
  17. preliterate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. preliterate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a culture) that has not yet developed a written language
adjective:  (of a person) who has not yet learned to read and write
noun:  a member of such a culture

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