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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. belonging to some prior time;
- Example: "erstwhile friend"
- Example: "our former glory"
- Example: "the once capital of the state"
- Example: "her quondam lover"
[syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]


ADVERB (1)

1. at a previous time;
- Example: "at one time he loved her"
- Example: "her erstwhile writing"
- Example: "she was a dancer once";
[syn: once, formerly, at one time, erstwhile, erst]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Erstwhile \Erst`while"\ (-hw[imac]l"), adv.
   Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic] Erubescence


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

erstwhile
    adv 1: at a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her
           erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once"; [syn:
           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" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old,
           onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]