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quon·dam    Audio Help   (kwŏn'dəm, -dām')  Pronunciation Key  adj.   That once was; former: "the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober" (Bret Harte). [Latin, from quom, when; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]

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quondam

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belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile]

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Quondam

Quon"dam\, a. [L., formerly.] Having been formerly; former; sometime. "This is the quondam king." --Shak.

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Quondam

Quon"dam\, n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." --Latimer.

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