quondam

adj.
That once was; former: "the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober" (Bret Harte).

[Latin, from quom, when.]

adjective

Having been such previously: erstwhile, former, late, old, once, onetime, past, previous, sometime, whilom. See precede/follow.

former

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: belonging to some prior time
  Synonyms: erstwhile, former, once, onetime, sometime

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fordums, forhenværende

Nederlands (Dutch)
voormalig

Français (French)
adj. - ancien

Deutsch (German)
adj. - ehemalig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αλλοτινός, πρώην

Italiano (Italian)
di un tempo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - antigo

Русский (Russian)
бывший

Español (Spanish)
adj. - antiguo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förutvarande, före detta, förre, förra

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
原来的, 以前的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 原來的, 以前的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 예전의, 원래의, 이전의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 以前の, かつての

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) السابق, (الشريك) الأسبق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בעבר, לשעבר, לא עתה‬

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