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quondam
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"one-time, former," 1580s, from earlier use as an adverb ("formerly") and a noun ("former holder" of some office or position), both 1530s, from Latin quondam (adv.) "formerly, at some time, at one time; once in a while," from quom , cum "when, as" (see ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Quondam \Quon"dam\ (kw[o^]n"d[a^]m), a. [L., formerly.] Having been formerly; former; sometime. ``This is the quondam king.'' --Shak.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a) , former(a) , once(a) , onetime(a) , quondam(a) , sometime(a) ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. former; once; at one time.
Usage examples of quondam.
Ibi cum Lucterius apud suos cives quondam integris rebus multum potuisset, semperque auctor novorum consiliorum magnam apud barbaros auctoritatem haberet, oppidum Vxellodunum, quod in clientela fuerat eius, egregie natura loci munitum, occupat suis et Drappetis copiis oppidanosque sibi coniungit.
Priami fatorum, hic exitus ilium sorte tulit Troiam incensam et prolapsa videntem Pergama, tot quondam populis terrisque superbum regnatorem Asiae.
Theodahado massas subter annexas, tot solidos pensitantes, ex patrimonio quondam magnificae foeminae matris ipsius, praecipimus reformari, ejus feliciter dominio plenissime vendicandas, cujus successionis integrum jus in ea qua praecipimus parte largimur.
He then attacked his quondam colleague in office, the Duke of Grafton, with severity, and inveighed against the whole administration in the most bitter terms.
He must know where his own labret had come from, and therefore what people had attacked Quondam.
Reverendus Pater Ricardus Bell quondam Episcopus Karleolensis qui ab hac luce migravit videlicet vicesimo Quarto die .
Patritius, peccator, rustissimus et minimus omnium fidelium, et contemptabilissimus apud plurimos, patrem habui Calphurnium diaconum, filium quondam Potiti, presbyteri, qui fuit vico Bonaven Taberniae, villulam enim prope habuit ubi ego in capturam dedi.
Obitus Domini Edmundi Audeley, quondam Sarum Episcopi, qui dedit redditum XX.
Sciant presentes et futuri quod ego Isabella Monboddo quondam uxor Henry Monboddo in mea viduitate dedi concessi et hac presenti carta mea confirmavi Alethea Greatorex .
She was hardly a trooper's dream come true — she bore more than a passing resemblance to Bill's quondam comrade Sergeant Brickwall, except for the teeth — but she was inarguably human and almost certainly female.
A quondam system of check marks employed in checking titles, epigrams, and so forth, has proved infeasible to reproduce in the present Arkham House edition.