quondam
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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
We are progressing into an "Age of Unreason," said the columnist, commentator and quondam politician.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dr. Peters, quondam Commissioner for Disarmament, was appointed Foreign Currencies Controller with authority to seize all foreign currencies not being legitimately utilized for purchase of raw materials and foodstuffs abroad.
From Time Magazine Archive
The animal itself was as peaceful and well-behaved as that father of all picture-wolves—Red Riding Hood’s quondam friend, whilst moving her confidence in masquerade.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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Scrabble: Words that Begin with Q
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