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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Erstwhile \Erst`while"\ (-hw[imac]l"), adv.
     Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Erstwhile \Erst`while"\ (-hw[imac]l"), adv.
     Till then or now; heretofore; formerly. [Archaic]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  erstwhile
       adj : belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our
             former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her
             quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), once(a),
              onetime(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]
       adv : at a previous time; "once he loved her"; "her erstwhile
             writing" [syn: once, formerly, at one time, erst]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erstwhile
     Αγγλικά a.
     (ετ λογοτ en) αλλοτινός
     Αγγλικά adv.
     άλλοτε

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erstwhile
     a.
     (lb en literary legal or India) former, previous.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) formerly; in the past.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  erstwhile
     a.
     (lb en literary legal or India) former, previous.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) formerly; in the past.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  erstwhile
     a.
     (lb en literary legal or India) former, previous.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) formerly; in the past.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  erstwhile
     a.
     (lb en literary legal or India) former, previous.
     adv.
     (lb en archaic) formerly; in the past.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erstwhile
     Englanti a.
     silloinen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  erstwhile
     Engelska adv.
     förut, tidigare

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Erstwhile /ˈɜːstwaɪl/
  سابقا

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  erstwhile /ˈɜːstwaɪl/ 
  někdejší

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  erstwhile /ˈɜːstwaɪl/ 
  dřívější

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  erstwhile /ˈɜːstwaɪl/
   [formal]  [only before noun] ehemalig, vormalig [geh.] , vorgängig [Schw.] , einstig, verflossen, verwichen  [obs.]
        "our erstwhile allies"  - unsere einstigen Verbündeten
     Synonym: quondam

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  erstwhile /ˈɜːstwaɪl/
   [obs.] vormals, einstmals, einst, ehemals, vordem [poet.] , ehedem [poet.] , weiland  [veraltet] weil.,  /wˈaɪl/
     Synonyms: formerly, once

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  erstwhile //ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl// //ˈɝst.waɪl// 
  entinen, aiempi, varhempi
  former, previous

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  erstwhile /ˈɜːstwaɪl/ 
  1. पहले का
        "Having lost his fortune his erstwhile friends deserted him."

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  erstwhile /ˈɜːstwaɪl/
  1. hajdanában
  2. ezelôtt
  3. hajdan

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]


  erstwhile //ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl// //ˈɝst.waɪl// 
  fordums
  former, previous

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  erstwhile //ˈɜː(ɹ)st.waɪl// //ˈɝst.waɪl// 
  tidigare, föregående, förre
  former, previous

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈɝstˌwaɪɫ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "erstwhile":
     already, ancient, bygone, earlier, early, fore, former, formerly,
     heretofore, immemorial, late, old, olden, once, onetime, past,
     prehistoric, previous, previously, primeval, primitive, prior,
     quondam, recent, sometime, then, whilom

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     ad. 以前,往昔地
     a. 以前的,往昔的

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