Definition of "former" []

• One that forms; a maker or creator: a former of ideas. (noun)
• A member of a school form: a fifth former. (noun)
• Occurring earlier in time. (adjective)
• Of, relating to, or taking place in the past. (adjective)
• Coming before in place or order; foregoing. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Or that people with AN just really need to get laid heard that from a former T...that's why she's a *former* T"
• "But in this case the article is only cheap with reference to its _former_ price; the so-called cheapness is only our expression for the sensation of contrast between its former and existing prices."
• "Spades is giving new salacious meaning to the phrase "former Clinton intern," although -- believe it or not -- Bill was not even involved!"