whilom
Americanadjective
adverb
adverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of whilom
before 900; Middle English; Old English hwīlum at times, dative plural of hwīl while (noun)
Example Sentences
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In Doom, Holland, last week, Germany's whilom All Highest War Lord, Wilhelm II, spread staff maps of Manchuria on long tables and had fun sticking them with colored pushpins.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said whilom Ambassador to Britain Charles Gates Dawes who attended, "I believe it is unprecedented for the accredited representative of a foreign power to submit himself to cross-examination."
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"Hear, hear," interposed Lord Birkenhead, whilom "Galloper Smith."
From Time Magazine Archive
Five years ago, the whilom Senator Magnus Johnson of Minnesota, and the Hearst press, suggested Dr. Copeland for President.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rats were in a worse plight than their whilom victims; for wet, starving and bewildered, they were hunted through a strange warren by their most implacable enemy.
From Lives of the Fur Folk by Haviland, M. D.
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