Word Study
qua
CIDE DICTIONARY
qua, conj. [L., abl. of qui who.].
In so far as; in the capacity or character of; as. [1913 Webster]
"It is with Shelley's biographers qua biographers that we have to deal." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
qua, conj. in the capacity of; as being (Napoleon qua general).
Etymology
L, ablat. fem. sing. of qui who (rel. pron.)
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