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What does ci-devant mean?

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It was the citizen of hearts replacing the ci-devant knave of hearts.
He nourished the hope that the ci-devant Vicomte might still be with La Boulaye.
The ci-devant marquis was caught disguised in her apartment.
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.
She was extremely fond of her ci-devant lodger, the illustrious Istar.

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