whilom

IPA(Pronunciation)

literary not-comparable

(now literary) Former, sometime.

Japanese Meaning

かつての / 以前の / 昔の

The whilom captain visited the old harbor where he had once sailed.

かつての船長は、自分がかつて航海した古い港を訪れた。

Sense（1）

(now literary) Former, sometime.

[…] which moved all to pity by its picture of a whilom princess reduced to miserable poverty.