erewhile
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of erewhile
Example Sentences
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The upper servant, erewhile so rude, approached with timid subserviency.
From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
“Allamagtig, Kaptyn!” cried old Spielmann—his erewhile favourite sergeant.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
The word “señorita” betrayed a trace of the Spaniards—a remnant of those relations that had erewhile existed between the Seminole Indians and the Iberian race.
From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne
But she was deaf to these erewhile potent influences.
From A Mere Chance, Vol. 1 of 3 A Novel by Cambridge, Ada
This pinnace, friends, which here you see, Avers erewhile she used to be Unmatched for speed, and could outstrip Triumphantly the fastest ship That ever swam, or breasted gale, Alike with either oar or sail.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
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