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Meaning of former

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  former
      adj 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" [ant: {latter(a)}]
      2: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former
         glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
         [syn: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {old}, {onetime(a)}, {one-
         time(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}]
      3: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the
         former president"; "our late President is still very active";
         "the previous occupant of the White House" [syn: {former(a)},
         {late(a)}, {previous(a)}]
      4: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of
         Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [syn:
         {early(a)}, {former(a)}, {other(a)}]
      n 1: the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and
           Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered
           today" [ant: {latter}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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