Usually means: Formerly; once; in the past.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word whilom:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. whilom: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. whilom: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. whilom: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. whilom: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Whilom, whilom: Wordnik
  6. whilom: Wiktionary
  7. whilom: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. whilom: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. whilom: Dictionary.com
  10. whilom: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Whilom: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. whilom: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. Whilom: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. whilom: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. whilom: Free Dictionary
  16. whilom: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. whilom: Dictionary/thesaurus
  18. Whilom: World Wide Words

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  1. whilom: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (whilom)

adverb:  (archaic except literary) At some time in the past; formerly, once upon a time.
adverb:  (obsolete)
adverb:  At times, on occasion, sometimes.
adverb:  (rare) Preceded by of or this: for some time that has passed.
adjective:  (archaic except literary) At some time in the past; former, sometime.
adjective:  (obsolete) Of a person: deceased, late.

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