ERSTWHILE


Meaning of ERSTWHILE in English

You use ~ to describe someone that used to be the type of person indicated, but no longer is. (FORMAL)

He fled to America with Phyllis Burton, an ~ friend of his wife’s.

= one-time

ADJ: ADJ n

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