erstwhile

3 definitions found

erstwhile - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

erstwhile - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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)]

erstwhile - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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