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[ urst-hwahyl, -wahyl ] / ˈɜrstˌʰwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR erstwhile ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveformer; of times past: erstwhile friends. Origin of erstwhileFirst recorded in 1560–70; erst + while SYNONYMS FOR erstwhile1 past, bygone, previous. SEE SYNONYMS FOR erstwhile ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR erstwhileSEE ANTONYMS FOR erstwhile ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby erstwhileersatz, Erse, Ershad, Erskine, erst, erstwhile, ERT, Erté, Ertebølle, erub, erubescence Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for erstwhileHe cites the career of an erstwhile friend the film director M. Night Shyamalan. The Hot Designer Who Hates Fashion: VK Nagrani Triumphs His Own Way|Tom Teodorczuk|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST With scarlet lips and chemical red hair, the erstwhile agent is still making headlines in the West. Ex-Spy Anna Chapman, From Russia Unloved|Anna Nemtsova|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the moment, most offenders, and their erstwhile protectors, are being more careful. How Sicko Priests Got Away With It|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST But she quickly fell out with her erstwhile ally, who dismissed her government after a few months. Yulia Tymoshenko: She's No Angel|Christopher Dickey|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But, on Monday, it was reported that the erstwhile Democrat was returning to his political roots. Parker Griffith Re-Rats|Ben Jacobs|February 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST For the first time in days Ryanne's laughter had a bit of the erstwhile rollicking tone. The Carpet from Bagdad|Harold MacGrath The landlady, after all, is undeniably a woman and I believe she is the erstwhile mother of several. A Top-Floor Idyl|George van Schaick The moving picture business men do not realize that they have to face these nervous conditions in their erstwhile friends. The Art Of The Moving Picture|Vachel Lindsay The erstwhile illuminated theatre is as dark as the Hall of Eblis. Keen as the clash of rapiers, triumphant as trumpets sounding the charge, rang the voice that was erstwhile so soft, so tender. The Firebrand|S. R. Crockett
British Dictionary definitions for erstwhile
adjectiveformer; one-timemy erstwhile companions adverbarchaic long ago; formerly Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to erstwhileonce, bygone, late, old, one-time, past, preceding, previous, sometime, quondam, ex |