Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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former | Yes | Yes | No | No |
quondam | No | Yes | No | No |
former (noun) | quondam (noun) |
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the first of two or the first mentioned of two |
former (adjective) | quondam (adjective) |
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referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) | belonging to some prior time |
belonging to the distant past | |
belonging to some prior time | |
(used especially of persons) of the immediate past |