quondam
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkwɒndəm/
quondam (not comparable)
- Former; once; at one time.
- 16th c., William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, act III, scene I.
- This is the quondam king.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 8:
- For the sleeper on the couch was not Akeley at all, but my quondam guide Noyes.
- 16th c., William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, act III, scene I.
- erstwhile
- See also Thesaurus:former
- Russian: бы́вший
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