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quondam

[kwon-duhm, -dam] / ˈkwɒn dəm, -dæm /


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You get the porthole windows of the quondam Seamen’s Union building and a tiny storefront that grandly introduces itself as the National School of Dancing.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 26, 2016

Hitchens was, not for the first time, drawing on the conceptual repertoire of his quondam Trotskyism to justify his stance.

From The Guardian • Jan. 18, 2013

In fact, the Arkansas Senator is as far as ever from a reconciliation with his quondam friend and colleague.

From Time Magazine Archive

After the authorities finally arrived, M�rio Eduardo Firmenich, leader of the quondam Argentine urban guerrilla organization known as the Montoneros, surrendered without a struggle.

From Time Magazine Archive

He put his laser beam away, bent, and, with curiosity, examined the body of his quondam superior.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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