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
The movie colony is now off, like a merrily misguided missile, on another of its whilom whooshes toward the unknown.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
David Grayson is also known as Publicist Ray Stannard Baker, whilom co-editor of McClure's and the American Magazine, U. S. press chief at the Peace Conference, lauder of Woodrow Wilson and professional political commentator.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the Watch Though we went about our daily work with great regularity, we were never, I think, quite so cheerful as we had been before the visit of our whilom shipmates.
From Palm Tree Island by Herbert Strang
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