quondam Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite belonging to some prior time
    old; erstwhile; onetime; sometime; one-time; former.
    • erstwhile friend
    • our former glory
    • the once capital of the state
    • her quondam lover

WordNet


Quon"dam adjective
Etymology
L., formerly.
Definitions
  1. Having been formerly; former; sometime. "This is the quondam king." Shak.
Quon"dam noun
Definitions
  1. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. R. "Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." Latimer.

Webster 1913