What is a person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." Latimer called?
quondam — A person dismissed or ejected from a position. [R.] "Make them quondams; . . . cast them out of their office." Latimer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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