Definitions for erstwhile

erstwhile erst·while

Spelling: [urst-hwahyl, -wahyl]
IPA: /ˈɜrstˌʰwaɪl, -ˌwaɪl/

Erstwhile is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 421 anagrams from letters in erstwhile (eehilrstw).

Definitions for erstwhile

adverb

  1. Archaic. formerly; erst.

adjective

  1. former; of times past:

Origin of erstwhile

First recorded in 1560-70; erst + while

Examples for erstwhile

It was pitiful to see the erstwhile Whittaker majority melt away.

For the moment, most offenders, and their erstwhile protectors, are being more careful.

Mr. Hungerford and his erstwhile chum did not speak to each other at all now.

He was beset on either side by the merciless fangs of his erstwhile comrades.

With scarlet lips and chemical red hair, the erstwhile agent is still making headlines in the West.

He cites the career of an erstwhile friend the film director M. Night Shyamalan.

That erstwhile habit of Sakr-el-Bahr's was one not easy to condone.

But she quickly fell out with her erstwhile ally, who dismissed her government after a few months.

But, on Monday, it was reported that the erstwhile Democrat was returning to his political roots.

Among them I recognized with a start my erstwhile guard, Holaf, of the Zervs.

Word Value for erstwhile
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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