Synonym: earlier, first, past, preceding, previous, prior. Antonym: later, latter, present. Similar words: performer, formerly, farmer, armed, bewilderment, norm, form, formal. Meaning: ['fɔrmə(r) /'fɔːm-] 
n. the first of two or the first mentioned of two. adj. 1. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) 2. belonging to some prior time 3. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past 4. belonging to the distant past.
n. the first of two or the first mentioned of two. adj. 1. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) 2. belonging to some prior time 3. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past 4. belonging to the distant past. 
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31 In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing.
32 The community has dwindled to a tenth of its former size in the last two years.
33 She has been heard to make threats to her former lover.
34 Their farm has been reduced to half its former size.
35 The centre will act as a clearing house for research projects for former nuclear scientists.
36 Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
37 It was a strange spectacle to see the two former enemies shaking hands and slapping each other on the back.
38 The owner of that shop is Mr Brown — the former owner was Mr Johnson.
39 He'll go to great lengths to get his child back from his former wife.
40 The sight of his former wife dumbed the words in his mouth.
41 His former chauffeur is claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination.
42 Southampton fans gave their former coach a hostile reception .
43 The Prime Minister seems to be trying to rehabilitate the former defence secretary.
44 The former hostage is in remarkably good shape considering his ordeal.
45 When he became rich, he broke with his former friends.
46 Of the first three franchises to be awarded, two went to management buyouts led by former BR executives.
47 Teacher, who educate children, deserve more honor than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided more life, while the former ensure a good life.
48 The committee made no allusion to the former President in its report.
49 The city reverted to its former name of St Petersburg.
50 The former MP found himself back in the headlines again.
51 This beautiful old building has been restored to its former glory.
52 That forceful young woman edged out the former headmaster and is now headmaster herself.
53 The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.
54 In former times a murderer who was found guilty would be condemned to death.
55 Fourteen people, waiting to be hanged for the murder of a former prime minister,(http://sentencedict.com/former.html) have been reprieved.
56 Both Democratic and Republican parties are courting former supporters of Ross Perot.
57 He's a former champion and is expected to win the bout.
58 When a marriage ends, the former husband and wife often contend over the children.
59 Doctors are now able to cure people of many diseases which in former times would have killed them.
60 The former chairman was a key player in the deals that pushed the bank to the top.