erewhile

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Hard by was a finely marked panther-skin whose erewhile wearer had badly mauled Upward himself!

From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram

In the centre of the erewhile camp they found the man they sought.

From Haviland's Chum by Mitford, Bertram

A well-equipped fleet stood out to sea; the erewhile landsknecht, Marcus Meyer, who began by being a blacksmith at Hamburg, and had married the rich widow of a burgomaster, assumed the command of the mercenaries.

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

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

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

The upper servant, erewhile so rude, approached with timid subserviency.

From The Vulture Maiden [Die Geier-Wally.] by Hillern, Wilhelmine von