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erstwhile

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Adjective, Adverb

HYPHEN

erst=while

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective erstwhile has 1 sense

erstwhile(s = adj.all) former, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"

Adverbial erstwhile has 1 sense

erstwhile(r = adv.all) at one time, erst, formerly, once - at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

erstwhile, adv.

Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

erstwhile, adj. & adv.
--adj. former, previous.
--adv. archaic = ERST.

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THESAURUS

erstwhile

already, ancient, bygone, earlier, early, fore, former, formerly, heretofore, immemorial, late, old, olden, once, onetime, past, prehistoric, previous, previously, primeval, primitive, prior, quondam, recent, sometime, then, whilom

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