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quondam \KWAHN-dum or KWAHN-dam\

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adjectiveFormer; onetime.[From Latin quondam (formerly). Earliest documented use: 1535.]"One of the assumptions Madison and others labored under was that Britain would be too preoccupied with beating Napoleon to pay much attention to its quondam colonies." - Joyce Appleby; The Washington Post; A Stumbling, Fiery End to War of 1812; May 5, 2013.

Front	quondam \KWAHN-dum or KWAHN-dam\
Back	adjective Former; onetime. [From Latin quondam (formerly). Earliest documented use: 1535.] "One of the assumptions Madison and others labored under was that Britain would be too preoccupied with beating Napoleon to pay much attention to its quondam colonies." - Joyce Appleby; The Washington Post; A Stumbling, Fiery End to War of 1812; May 5, 2013.

Quondam Kwahn Dum Kwahn Dam Adjective Onetime Latin Earliest Documented