one-time

or one·time

[ wuhn-tahym ]
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adjective
  1. having been as specified at one time; former: my one-time partners.

  2. occurring, done, or accomplished only once: his one-time try at elective office.

Origin of one-time

1
First recorded in 1880–85

Other words for one-time

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How to use one-time in a sentence

  • It means the proper extension of the influence of the most powerful factor for patriotism in our country—the onetime service man.

  • Julius Cæsar sold to the highest bidder at onetime fifty-three thousand prisoners of war all of whom were white.

  • And in addition he gathered up a few rings and onetime costly jewels which could be worn.

    Darkness and Dawn | George Allan England
  • But neither had the onetime Squadron Commander Tate lost much of his talent along those lines.

    Legacy | James H Schmitz
  • The window under the tower is in memory of Robert Southey whose daughter married a onetime vicar of Tarring.

    Seaward Sussex | Edric Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for one-time

one-time

adjective
  1. (prenominal) at some time in the past; former

adverb
  1. Caribbean informal at once

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