Definition of "erewhile" in Englisch

adverb

1. (archaic or poetic) Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.

   • She runs you through, nor asks the word. O thou, that dear and happy Isle, The garden of the world erewhile, Thou Paradise of the four seas Which Heaven planted us to please,
   • The dame sans merci's broken strain, Whom I erewhile, perchance, have known, When Orleans filled the Bourbon throne, A siren singing by the Seine.