quondam
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quon·dam
(kwŏn′dəm, -dăm′)adj.
That once was; former: "the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober" (Bret Harte).
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quondam
(ˈkwɒndæm)adj
(prenominal) of an earlier time; former: her quondam lover.
[C16: from Latin adv: formerly]
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quon•dam
(ˈkwɒn dəm, -dæm)adj.
former; onetime.
[1580–90; < Latin]
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quondam
A Latin term meaning that once was.
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Adj. | 1. | quondam - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |
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