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English Dictionary: erstwhile by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
erstwhile
adv
  1. at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";
    Synonym(s): once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst
adj
  1. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
    Synonym(s): erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Erstwhile \Erst`while"\ (-hw[imac]l"), adv.
      Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]
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