erstwhile

Speech parts

1. erstwhile - Adjective

2. erstwhile - Adverb

4. erstwhile - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Till then or now; heretofore; formerly.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

old once former formerly sometime quondam one-time onetime at one time erst old-fashioned then last late recent
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Antonyms

next present current future ongoing approaching
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Phrases with the word

erstwhile boy erstwhile master erstwhile students erstwhile interest

Examples

Nothing in our time is more interesting than the erstwhile capitalist corporation and the erstwhile Communist firm should, under the imperatives of organization, come together as oligarchies of their own members. John Kenneth Galbraith

...the future of the world lies with the yellow man and the brown man now that our erstwhile master, the white-skinned man, has wasted himself through buggery, cell phone usage, and drug abuse. Aravind Adiga

Slaves who ran away in Pennsylvania to join Sir William Howe's occupation of Philadelphia or who ran away in Virginia to join Lord Dumore's "Ethiopian Regiment" found themselves dumped by their erstwhile allies in Nova Scotia or sold back into slavery in the Bahamas. Allen C. Guelzo

at one time he loved her Source: Internet

her erstwhile writing Source: Internet

she was a dancer once Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

erst erster Erstfeld erstwhile boy erstwhile interest erstwhile master