Quondam \Quon"dam\, n. A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] ``Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office.'' --Latimer. web1913
quondam adj : belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {once(a)}, {onetime(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}] wn