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quondam

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quon·dam  (kwndm, -dm)
adj.
That once was; former: "the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober" (Bret Harte).
[Latin, from quom, when; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]
quondam
Adjective
Formal of an earlier time; former: her quondam employers [Latin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.quondam - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
erstwhile, one-time, onetime, sometime, former, old
past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"


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Twas Arthur-a-Bland, the knight's quondam esquire, who brought the tidings, and Robin's face brightened as he heard it.
Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker View in context
I cannot feel friendly toward my quondam fellow-American, Napoleon III.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
The world of tape measures and calico counters seemed so far away; the interior of his quondam lodgings in a by-street of Islington, so unfamiliar and impossible.
The Malefactor by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
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