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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. belonging to some prior time;
- Example: "erstwhile friend"
- Example: "our former glory"
- Example: "the once capital of the state"
- Example: "her quondam lover"
[syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quondam \Quon"dam\ (kw[o^]n"d[a^]m), a. [L., formerly.]
   Having been formerly; former; sometime. "This is the quondam
   king." --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Quondam \Quon"dam\, n.
   A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make
   them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office."
   --Latimer.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

quondam
    adj 1: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our
           former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her
           quondam lover" [syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old,
           onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]