quondam
Origin of quondam
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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.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe 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 HartlandI walked with his lordship and Count Gamba to examine them, speculating philosophically on their quondam contents.
Byron | Richard EdgcumbeO that the peasants in the country, My quondam fellows, but saw me as I am, How they would admire and worship me!
The Plays of Philip Massinger | Philip MassingerSo 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
/ (ˈkwɒndæm) /
(prenominal) of an earlier time; former: her quondam lover
Origin of quondam
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