quondam

[ kwon-duhm, -dam ]
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adjective
  1. former; one-time: his quondam partner.

Origin of quondam

1
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1530–50

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How to use quondam in a sentence

  • Amongst all my fellow clerks I remember one only who resembled as a borrower some of my quondam associates at Derby.

  • The quondam midwife, with tears in her eyes, looked at her, and blessed the moment she had done a generous act.

    The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney Hartland
  • I walked with his lordship and Count Gamba to examine them, speculating philosophically on their quondam contents.

    Byron | Richard Edgcumbe
  • O that the peasants in the country, My quondam fellows, but saw me as I am, How they would admire and worship me!

  • So great was the transformation that at the first glance we failed to recognize our quondam pupil and friend.

    Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ | Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.

British Dictionary definitions for quondam

quondam

/ (ˈkwɒndæm) /


adjective
  1. (prenominal) of an earlier time; former: her quondam lover

Origin of quondam

1
C16: from Latin adv: formerly

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