quondam
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of quondam
Borrowed into English from Latin around 1530–50
Example Sentences
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The animal itself was as peaceful and well-behaved as that father of all picture-wolves—Red Riding Hood’s quondam friend, whilst moving her confidence in masquerade.
From Literature
He put his laser beam away, bent, and, with curiosity, examined the body of his quondam superior.
From Literature
We arrived at our destination; where our hostess, seeing the state of my quondam master, refused us the room.
From Literature
You get the porthole windows of the quondam Seamen’s Union building and a tiny storefront that grandly introduces itself as the National School of Dancing.
From The New Yorker
Hitchens was, not for the first time, drawing on the conceptual repertoire of his quondam Trotskyism to justify his stance.
From The Guardian
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