quondam
adjective formal uk/ˈkwɒn.dæm/ us/ˈkwɑːn.dəm/
一度曾是，昔日的，旧时的
of or in an earlier time; before the present time, or in the past
Among the Central Tibetan languages is Central Tibetan, the quondam official language of Tibet. 中部藏语是中部藏语言中的一种，是西藏过去的官方语言。
Their Master was deserted wholesale by the crowd of quondam admirers and followers. 他们的主人被昔日众多的崇拜者和追随者抛弃了。
Synonym: former
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- They saw no more of their quondam guide.
- They receive an extra bonus the first time that their quondam charge gains a first prize.
- UK William Hague, former Tory leader and quondam youthful political infant prodigy, has written a biography of William Pitt the Younger.