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quondam - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'quondam' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Quondam [ a.]
- Having been formerly; former; sometime.
2 . Quondam [ n.]
- A person dismissed or ejected from a position.

Meaning of 'quondam' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . quondam [ s]
Meaning (1):
- belonging to some prior time
Example in sentence:
  • erstwhile friend;
  • her quondam lover;
  • our former glory;
  • the once capital of the state

Nearby Words:

quo warranto quob quod quoddies quodlibet quodlibetarian quodlibetical quoif quoifffure quoil

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