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Meaning of ERSTWHILE

Pronunciation:  'urst`wIl

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adv]  at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"
 
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 Synonyms: at one time, erst, formerly, once
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Erst`while"\ (-hw[imac]l"), adv.
Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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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