former

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♦♦♦ for|mer /f'ɔːrmər/
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
Former is used to describe someone who used to have a particular job, position, or role, but no longer has it.
...former President Richard Nixon...
He pleaded not guilty to murdering his former wife.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Former is used to refer to countries which no longer exist or whose boundaries have changed.
...the former Soviet Union.
...the former Yugoslavia.
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
Former is used to describe something which used to belong to someone or which used to be a particular thing.
...the former home of Sir Christopher Wren.
...a former monastery.
4 [ADJ] ADJ n
Former is used to describe a situation or period of time which came before the present one. (FORMAL)
He would want you to remember him as he was in former years.
5 [PRON] the PRON
When two people, things, or groups have just been mentioned, you can refer to the first of them as the former.
Given the choice between a pure white T-shirt and a more expensive, dirty cream one, most people can be forgiven for choosing the former...
≠ latteropin|ion for|mer (opinion formers)
also opinion maker
[N-COUNT]
Opinion formers are people who have a lot of influence over what the public thinks about things.sixth for|mer (sixth formers)
also sixth-former
[N-COUNT]
A sixth former is a pupil who is in the sixth form at a British school.

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