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Webster 1913 Edition


Quondam

Quon′dam

(kwŏn′dăm)
,
Adj.
[L., formerly.]
Having been formerly; former; sometime.
“This is the quondam king.”
Shak.

Quon′dam

,
Noun.
A person dismissed or ejected from a position.
[R.]
“Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office.”
Latimer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Quondam

QUON'DAM

, used adjectively. [L.] Having been formerly; former; as a quondam king or friend.