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Erstwhile - What does it mean?

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erstwhile

English

Adverb

(-)
  • Formerly; in the past.

    • Synonyms

    * erewhile

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (literary, legal) Former, previous.
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    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Scarcely had Alice reached her twentieth birthday, than she gave her erstwhile fiancée [sic] his formal congé. […]”}}

    Synonyms

    * former, once, previous, quondam, onetime * See also

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.