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erstwhile definition

erst·while (ʉrst′hwīl′)

adverb

Archaic some time ago; formerly

adjective

of an earlier time; former my erstwhile friend

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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