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Definition of Former
1. Adjective. 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. Noun. The first of two or the first mentioned of two. "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
3. Adjective. Belonging to some prior time. "Her quondam lover"
4. Adjective. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past. "The previous occupant of the White House"
5. Adjective. Belonging to the distant past. "In other times"
Definition of Former
1. n. One who forms; a maker; a creator.
2. a. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
Definition of Former
1. Adjective. previous ¹
2. Adjective. first of aforementioned two items. Used with ''the'', often without a noun. ¹
3. Noun. Someone who forms something. ¹
4. Noun. An object used to form something. ¹
5. Noun. (chiefly British used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Former
1. one that forms [n -S] - See also: forms
Lexicographical Neighbors of Former
Literary usage of Former
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... but inasmuch as they consider them traitors to their former friend«, they have
a meaner opinion of them. And this is no unfair estimate of their conduct ..."
2. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1910)
"XIV former INHABITANTS; AND WINTER VISITORS I WEATHERED some merry ... For human
society I was obliged to conjure up the former occupants of these woods. ..."
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