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Adjective
/ˈfôrmər/,
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Having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing,
  1. Having previously filled a particular role or been a particular thing
    • - her former boyfriend
  2. Of or occurring in the past or an earlier period
    • - in former times
  3. Denoting the first or first mentioned of two people or things
    • - those who take the former view
    • - the powers of the former are more comprehensive than those of the latter
Noun
  1. A person or thing that forms something
    • - an opinion-former
  2. A transverse strengthening part in an aircraft wing or fuselage

  3. A person in a particular school year
    • - fifth-formers
  1. former(a): 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. the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
  3. erstwhile(a): belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
  4. former(a): (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"
  5. early(a): belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
  6. A former is a structural member of an aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the roll axis of the aircraft. The formers establish the shape of the fuselage. ...
  7. Someone who forms something; An object used to form something; Someone in, or of, a certain form (class); previous; first of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun
  8. (FORMERS) Pieces of wood used for shaping cartridges or wads.
  9. anterior; antiguo; ex; pasado; precedente; creador; horma; molde
  10. The secondary coil form, the tube the secondary wire is wrapped onto.
  11. A former is any basic material that can be melted and then cooled to form glass.  The most common former is silica, a substance found in sand.
  12. The part of a sack making machine around which the web of paper is folded and the overlapped edges are pasted to form the tube.
  13. A device for giving a particular shape to an article.
  14. Rope making equipment which combines and twists several yarns into a single strand.
  15. An open, vertical piece of wood inside the fuselage that helps to give it shape and rigidity.
  16. In 1925, Max and Fannie Smith came to Vidalia and opened a shoe repair and shoe store.  Later, they opened Max Smith’s Department Store.  Son Ben Smith took over the store from his parents and ran it with his sister, Doris Smith Foskey until the late 1980s, when it closed. ...
  17. Lisa Butcher • Marie Helvin • Jonathan Phang • Lisa Snowdon • Paula Hamilton • Huggy Ragnarsson • Gerry DeVeaux • Louis Marriete
  18. A lake which is no longer in existence. Such lakes include prehistoric lakes and lakes which have permanently dried up through evaporation or human intervention. Owens Lake in California, USA, is an example of a former lake. ...
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