Hypertext Webster Gateway: "quondam"
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) 1.7 (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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