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quondam |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quondam \Quon"dam\, a. [L., formerly.] Having been formerly; former; sometime. ``This is the quondam king.'' --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quondam \Quon"dam\, n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] ``Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office.'' --Latimer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quondam adj : belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {once(a)}, {onetime(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}]
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