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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There was ancient Jack Kearns, owner and groom to seven whilom world champions, the man who took so much money out of Shelby.
From Time Magazine Archive
Miss Bennett,* whilom "Baby Eva Tanguay" of vaudeville, looks like a street cherub with the legs of a high-jumper.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
At the same time, he delivered a few more oblique shafts at his chief tormentor, Senator William Fulbright, a whilom hero of the intellectuals.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus it naturally came about that the whilom bound boy and his former master ran up against each other only a few days after the arrival of the latter in the nation's capital.
From The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.
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