Definitions for quondamˈkwɒn dəm, -dæm
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quon•damˈkwɒn dəm, -dæm(adj.)
former; onetime.
Category: Foreign Term
Origin of quondam:
1580–90; < L
Princeton's WordNet
erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)(adj)
belonging to some prior time
"erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
Wiktionary
quondam(Adjective)
former; once; at one time
My quondam girlfriend is now my wife.
Origin: Latin quondam
Webster Dictionary
Quondam(adj)
having been formerly; former; sometime
Quondam(noun)
a person dismissed or ejected from a position
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