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former(a)

English

  1. 🔊 referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
    “the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one”
  2. 🔊 (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
    “the former president”
  3. 🔊 belonging to the distant past
    “the early inhabitants of Europe”
  4. 🔊 belonging to some prior time
    “erstwhile friend”

Similar words

early(a) other(a) erstwhile(a) old onetime(a) one-time(a) quondam(a) sometime(a) late(a) previous(a)