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erstwhile
/ ˈɜːstˌwaɪl /
adjective
- former; one-time
my erstwhile companions
adverb
- archaic.long ago; formerly
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Word History and Origins
Origin of erstwhile1
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Example Sentences
He cites the career of an erstwhile friend the film director M. Night Shyamalan.
With scarlet lips and chemical red hair, the erstwhile agent is still making headlines in the West.
For the moment, most offenders, and their erstwhile protectors, are being more careful.
But she quickly fell out with her erstwhile ally, who dismissed her government after a few months.
But, on Monday, it was reported that the erstwhile Democrat was returning to his political roots.
At Stettin, during the armistice, he entered the fortress and tried to seduce the governor, an ex-Jacobin and erstwhile friend.
They frantically waved their hats, ceased firing, and greeted their erstwhile enemies as comrades.
The Baron had naturally expected to find his mother, his brother and his erstwhile playmates gathered there as before.
She had been very angry with her erstwhile lover a minute ago.
It was Roberts who secured a position behind one of these erstwhile dispensers of liquid soothing-syrup and rapped for order.
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