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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Erstwhile \Erst'while"\ (-hw[imac]l"), adverb Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
erstwhile
adjective: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {once(a)}, {onetime(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}]
adverb: at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing" [syn: {once}, {formerly}, {at one time}, {erst}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "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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