erewhile

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Gay, fickle Paris, oblivious of disaster, was shouting hosannas to the victor of its erewhile idol, and in this carnival of fêtes those of the duke were surpassingly magnificent.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

“Allamagtig, Kaptyn!” cried old Spielmann—his erewhile favourite sergeant.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram

The Queen had not ascended her throne when the erewhile opponents of the Measure confessed that these anticipations were already fulfilled.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)

On the Monday of St. John they elected two burgomasters, namely, Joachim Pr�tze, the erewhile town clerk, an honest and sensible man, and Johannes Klocke, the actual town clerk and syndicus.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew

“By the virtue of no múti save that of the spear of the King, O Elephant,” I answered, with a glance backward at where I had deposited the great assegai, the erewhile royal gift.

From The Induna's Wife by Mitford, Bertram