Local English word record

quondam

adjective · 1 sense

belonging to some prior time

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Examples

  • erstwhile friend
  • our former glory
  • the once capital of the state
  • her quondam lover

Word relationships

Synonyms

erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0