Adjective : his quondam partner. From Dictionary.com.
Akiva replied by making himself known as his quondam servant and rejected son-in-law. From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
And finally, Mr Norton terms his quondam counsel and referee –. From Wordnik.com. [English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Dan recalled his quondam chief's occasional flings at Allen, whom the senator from Fraser had regarded as a spoiled and erratic but innocuous trifler. From Wordnik.com. [A Hoosier Chronicle] Reference
Ungrateful Lady Mary Wortley Montagu called her quondam lover. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of a Happy Home (1896)] Reference
To the top of office; and the quondam play-wright. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
Affectionate were the leave-takings with the quondam wives. From Wordnik.com. [The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference
Here he found the Bailie high in dispute with his quondam friend, the. From Wordnik.com. [Red Cap Tales Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North] Reference
Now the true state of mind between the quondam Windham and Miss Lorton became evident. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
Ludd far eclipsed the quondam glory of Belah, and came nearer to rivalling that of Kantara. From Wordnik.com. [With the British Army in The Holy Land] Reference
His son predeceased him, and the property came to Robert, fratri quondam Mathæi Hamilton de Melburne. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)] Reference
No direful visions appal their happy souls, nor terrific ghosts of quondam hours stand arrayed before them. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
The same day Mrs. Catherine Hayes had the fortune to meet with some of her quondam acquaintance at Worcester. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
"Eostur-monath, qui nunc paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a dea eorum quæ Eostre vocabatur ... nomen habuit.". From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Its quondam Democratic members had largely returned to their former allegiance with Wilson, either at the election or after it. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Tony Denier, a pupil of the Ravels, and a quondam friend of Fox, next took Fox's place in the estimation of the American public. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Pantomime] Reference
By the by, I'd like to see the MacGregor's face when he learns that his quondam friend and boon companion was an international spy!. From Wordnik.com. [The Secrets of the German War Office] Reference
Lord Lyttleton seconded the blow given to the ex-chancellor by his quondam colleague; but Lord Shelburne acquitted both Camden and the. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The girls were all dying of curiosity to know the history of the wonderful alliance between the quondam enemies and rivals, but neither. From Wordnik.com. [Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission] Reference
No, the grimy, white-haired, sinister-looking stranger could not be the quondam Prince; he was some one else, some one more to be feared. From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
He had gone but a few paces when an exclamation from the quondam Third cavalryman called him back, and ended for the moment the laughter. From Wordnik.com. [Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac] Reference
It was all his own fault, and even his quondam friends deserted him, while his appearance would have been the signal for a universal grin. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
Today's quondam international leader does not go quietly, retreating into the background to write his memoirs or accept discreet well-remunerated directorships. From Wordnik.com. [What Would Gorbachev Wear?] Reference
But it was impossible to convert the great Mr Bristles to the belief into which his quondam follower, Mr Pitskiver, had fallen as to the qualities of Miss Hendy. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844] Reference
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