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erstwhile
(erst|while)
Pronunciation:
/ˈəːstwʌɪl/
adjective
[
attributive
]
former:
the erstwhile president of the company
adverb
archaic
formerly:
Mary Anderson, erstwhile the queen of America’s stage
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