Definition of quondam in English:

quondam

adjective ˈkwɒndamˈkwɒndəm

formal

attributive That once was; former.
quondam dissidents joined the establishment
Example sentencesExamples
- Whiston's openness in this regard is likely one of the reasons Newton eventually broke with his quondam disciple.
- To this quondam mid-Warwickshire suburbanite, who liked to think that his Cotswold relatives conferred a kind of rusticity, it brought back his own first encounter with Bristol some time in the spring of 1956, just turned seventeen.
- According to his brief official biography, this quondam insurance broker entered the House of Lords a year after inheriting a title from his grandfather, in 1986.
- Thus they would not have mindlessly and naively misjudged the imperialist treaty diplomacy of the Soviet Union, quondam ally of Nazi Germany.
Synonyms
one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin, 'formerly'.

Definition of quondam in US English:

quondam

adjective

formal

attributive That once was; former.
quondam dissidents joined the establishment
its quondam popularity
Example sentencesExamples
- To this quondam mid-Warwickshire suburbanite, who liked to think that his Cotswold relatives conferred a kind of rusticity, it brought back his own first encounter with Bristol some time in the spring of 1956, just turned seventeen.
- Whiston's openness in this regard is likely one of the reasons Newton eventually broke with his quondam disciple.
- According to his brief official biography, this quondam insurance broker entered the House of Lords a year after inheriting a title from his grandfather, in 1986.
- Thus they would not have mindlessly and naively misjudged the imperialist treaty diplomacy of the Soviet Union, quondam ally of Nazi Germany.
Synonyms
one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin, ‘formerly’.

单词	quondam
释义	Definition of quondam in English: quondam adjective ˈkwɒndamˈkwɒndəm formal attributive That once was; former. quondam dissidents joined the establishment Example sentencesExamples Whiston's openness in this regard is likely one of the reasons Newton eventually broke with his quondam disciple. To this quondam mid-Warwickshire suburbanite, who liked to think that his Cotswold relatives conferred a kind of rusticity, it brought back his own first encounter with Bristol some time in the spring of 1956, just turned seventeen. According to his brief official biography, this quondam insurance broker entered the House of Lords a year after inheriting a title from his grandfather, in 1986. Thus they would not have mindlessly and naively misjudged the imperialist treaty diplomacy of the Soviet Union, quondam ally of Nazi Germany. Synonyms one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was Origin Late 16th century: from Latin, 'formerly'. Definition of quondam in US English: quondam adjective formal attributive That once was; former. quondam dissidents joined the establishment its quondam popularity Example sentencesExamples To this quondam mid-Warwickshire suburbanite, who liked to think that his Cotswold relatives conferred a kind of rusticity, it brought back his own first encounter with Bristol some time in the spring of 1956, just turned seventeen. Whiston's openness in this regard is likely one of the reasons Newton eventually broke with his quondam disciple. According to his brief official biography, this quondam insurance broker entered the House of Lords a year after inheriting a title from his grandfather, in 1986. Thus they would not have mindlessly and naively misjudged the imperialist treaty diplomacy of the Soviet Union, quondam ally of Nazi Germany. Synonyms one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was Origin Late 16th century: from Latin, ‘formerly’.
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