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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241 He came home from hospital cured of the disease but a shadow of his former self.
242 The city is regaining a little of its former splendour.
243 They were discussing the best way to foster democracy and prosperity in the former communist countries.
244 His former employer agreed to act as a referee for him.
245 The former Olympic champion was invited to speak at a charity dinner.
246 This area of former farmland was worked as a gravel pit until 1964.
247 The former President was demanding that he should be either put on trial or set free.
248 Propaganda has turned the former president into a heroic myth.
249 He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.
250 Your former employer has to reply within 14 days in order to contest the case.
251 Part of the gentleman's duty in former times was to hand a lady in when she entered her carriage in great Britain.
252 From talking to former prisoners in the camps, an obvious conclusion is that they have been starved.
253 She remarried her former husband ten years after their divorce.
254 She stiffened when her former husband walked into the room.
255 It will take a lot of repair work before the theatre regains its former splendour.
256 Following their latest defeat, soccer fans are urging the club to bring back the former manager.
257 He made a public recantation of all his former beliefs.
258 A former politician has been appointed Chancellor of the university.
259 The former manager gave his first news conference since being sacked.
260 When the new ruler came to power, he made peace with all his former enemies.
261 They spent $10 million restoring the theatre to its former glory .
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262 It's clear that the party of the former Prime Minister has suffered a major reverse.
263 Former soldiers often struggle to readjust to life outside the army.
264 They want to restore the castle to its former glory.
265 There was intense speculation 18 months ago that the former foreign secretary might be parachuted into the Scottish Parliament.
266 He made the mistake of leaving his valuable record collection with a former girlfriend.
267 We hope to restore the garden to its former glory .
268 A former Finance Minister and five senior civil servants are accused of fraud.
269 The former prisoner of conscience was elected president of the new democracy.
270 The former newsreader is being tipped as a possible successor to the outgoing Head of Broadcasting.