quondam

Akiva replied by making himself known as his quondam servant and rejected son-in-law.

Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Various

Q quailing culprit quaint peculiarities qualifying service quavering voice queer tolerance quenchless despair querulous disposition [querulous = habitually complaining] questionable data questioning gaze quibbling speech quick sensibility quiescent melancholy quiet cynicism quivering excitement quixotic impulse quizzical expression quondam foe [quondam = former]

Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases A Practical Handbook Of Pertinent Expressions, Striking Similes, Literary, Commercial, Conversational, And Oratorical Terms, For The Embellishment Of Speech And Literature, And The Improvement Of The Vocabulary Of Those Persons Who Read, Write, And Speak English Grenville Kleiser 1910

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.

A Hoosier Chronicle Meredith Nicholson 1906

This creature called her quondam lover, "Lennie" -- even as she herself had done, -- and she, the proud, vain woman of society and fashion shuddered at the idea that there should be even this similarity between herself and the "thing" called Violet Vere.

Thelma Marie Corelli 1889

And finally, Mr Norton terms his quondam counsel and referee –

English Laws for Women in the Nineteenth Century 1854

"Yes, Lord Geoffrey," for so the steward always called the quondam reefer, "you does handle him more like a quick-working boat, than any on us; and so I'll take an hopportunity of just overhauling our old lieutenant's young 'uns, and of seeing what sort of craft he has set afloat for the next generation."

The Two Admirals James Fenimore Cooper 1820

Ungrateful Lady Mary Wortley Montagu called her quondam lover,

The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) Marion Harland 1876

Had I known you as the Wife of any but the 'quondam' Greek Professor, I should very likely have sent it to you: since it was meant for those who might wish for some insight into a Play {109} which I must think they can scarcely have been tempted into before by any previous Translation.

Letters of Edward FitzGerald in Two Volumes Vol. II Edward FitzGerald 1846

A second illustration: -- Did Curio, the 'quondam' patriot, reformer, and semi-revolutionist, abjure his opinion, and yell the foremost in the hunt of persecution against his old friends and fellow-philosophists, with a cold clear predetermination, formed at one moment, of making

Literary Remains, Volume 1 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

Havana is a city of youth, somehow living in a microcosm of a quondam culture, prevented from evolving.

Lili Boyle: An American Girl in Cuba Lili Boyle 2012