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Definition of ci-devant in English: ci-devantadjective sidvɑ̃ˌsiːdəˈvɒ̃ˌsēdəˈvänt attributive From or in an earlier time; former. her ci-devant pupil, now her lover Example sentencesExamples - The ci-devant banker, then a widower with an only daughter, Esther, had journeyed to England.
- The school's ci-devant principal admits she may have made a mistake.
- I cannot say I think his manners have much of that elegance which might have been expected from a person of his ci-devant rank.
- The sweat-soaked, frightened, and bedraggled ci-devant dandy hammered at the door of his last-hope refuge.
Synonyms one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was
Rhymes aide-de-camp, aides-de-camp, anon, Asunción, au courant, begone, Bonn, bon vivant, Caen, Canton, Carcassonne, Ceylon, chaconne, chateaubriand, Colón, colon, Concepción, con (US conn), cretonne, don, Duchamp, Evonne, foregone, fromage blanc, Gabon, Garonne, gone, guenon, hereupon, Inchon, Jean, john, Jon, Le Mans, León, Luzon, Mont Blanc, Narbonne, odds-on, on, outgone, outshone, Perón, phon, piñon, Pinot Blanc, plafond, Ramón, Saigon, Saint-Saëns, Sand, Schwann, scone, shone, side-on, sine qua non, Sorbonne, spot-on, swan, thereon, thereupon, ton, Toulon, undergone, upon, Villon, wan, whereon, whereupon, won, wonton, yon, Yvonne Definition of ci-devant in US English: ci-devantadjectiveˌsēdəˈvänt attributive From or in an earlier time (used to indicate that someone or something once possessed a specified characteristic but no longer does so) her ci-devant student, now her lover Example sentencesExamples - The sweat-soaked, frightened, and bedraggled ci-devant dandy hammered at the door of his last-hope refuge.
- I cannot say I think his manners have much of that elegance which might have been expected from a person of his ci-devant rank.
- The ci-devant banker, then a widower with an only daughter, Esther, had journeyed to England.
- The school's ci-devant principal admits she may have made a mistake.
Synonyms one-time, erstwhile, sometime, late, as was
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