Usually means: Formerly; at an earlier time.
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  1. erst: Merriam-Webster
  2. erst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. erst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. erst: Collins English Dictionary
  5. erst: Vocabulary.com
  6. Erst, erst: Wordnik
  7. erst: Wiktionary
  8. erst: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. erst: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Erst, erst: Dictionary.com
  11. Erst: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. erst: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. erst: Rhymezone
  14. Erst, erst: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. erst: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. erst: FreeDictionary.org
  17. erst: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. erst: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ERST: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Erst: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (erst)

▸ adjective:  (obsolete) First.
▸ adverb:  (obsolete) First of all, before (some other specified thing).
▸ adverb:  (obsolete) Sooner (than); before.
▸ adverb:  (archaic, poetic) Formerly, once, erstwhile.

Similar:
firster, fyrste, firste, fyrst, firstest, primer, fore, rather, Furst, primary, more...

Opposite:
current, present, now, existing

Types:
erstwhile, former, late, previous, past, preceding, earlier, one-time, more...

Phrases:
at erst, now at erst, more...

Adjectives:
german, blind, fabled, ionian, shaped

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Similar:
firster, fyrste, firste, fyrst, firstest, primer, fore, rather, Furst, primary, more...

Opposite:
current, present, now, existing

Types:
erstwhile, former, late, previous, past, preceding, earlier, one-time, more...

Phrases:
at erst, now at erst, more...

Adjectives:
german, blind, fabled, ionian, shaped



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