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Having been formerly; former; sometime.

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  1. a. Having been formerly; former; sometime.
  2. n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position.
  3. adj. belonging to some prior time
  4. Having been formerly; former; sometime. "This is the quondam king." Shak. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." Latimer.
  5. Having been formerly; former; sometime. "This is the quondamking." Shak.
  6. s belonging to some prior time