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erst⋅while

  [urst-hwahyl, -wahyl]
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–adjective
1. former; of times past: erstwhile friends.
–adverb
2. Archaic. formerly; erst.
Origin:
1560–70; erst + while

Synonyms:
1. past, bygone, previous.

Antonyms:
1. current, present.
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erst·while   (ûrst'hwīl', -wīl')   
adv.  In the past; at a former time; formerly.
adj.  Former: our erstwhile companions.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Erstwhile

Erst`while"\ (-hw[imac]l"), adv. Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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erstwhile 
1569, from M.E. erest "soonest, earliest" (see ere) + while (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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