Adjective: erstwhile 'urst,wI(-u)l- Belonging to some prior time
"erstwhile friend";
- former, old, onetime, one-time, quondam, sometime
Adverb: erstwhile 'urst,wI(-u)lUsage: archaic- At a previous time
"her erstwhile writing";
- once, formerly, at one time, erst [archaic], sometime [archaic]
See also: past
Encyclopedia: Erstwhile