former

Etymology 1
, comparative of, from , descended from. Parallel to (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to and  (thence ), from Proto-Germanic.

Adjective

 * 1) Previous.
 * 2)  First of aforementioned two items. Used with, often without a noun.
 * 1)  First of aforementioned two items. Used with, often without a noun.
 * 1)  First of aforementioned two items. Used with, often without a noun.
 * 1)  First of aforementioned two items. Used with, often without a noun.
 * 1)  First of aforementioned two items. Used with, often without a noun.
 * 1)  First of aforementioned two items. Used with, often without a noun.
 * 1)  First of aforementioned two items. Used with, often without a noun.

Translations

 * Arabic: سَابِق
 * Belarusian: былы́, бы́ўшы
 * Bengali:, , ,
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:, previ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, forhenværende
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: antaŭa
 * Faroese: fyrrverandi
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: წინანდელი, უწინდელი
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρότερος
 * Higaonon: daan
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پێشوو, بەرتر
 * Latin: anterior, quondam
 * Macedonian: претходен, бивш
 * Malay:, mantan
 * Maori: o mua
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ,
 * Nynorsk: førverande, tidlegare
 * Occitan:
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: umwhile
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре́тходан, би̑вшӣ
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: bývalý
 * Slovene: prejšnji, bivši
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik: пешина
 * Telugu: ,
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:, ,


 * Belarusian:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: førstnevnt
 * Persian:
 * Polish: (z dwóch)
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ก่อนหน้า
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
 * Dave was the former of the company.
 * 1) An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
 * The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
 * 1)  Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
 * Fifth-former.
 * Sixth-former.

Etymology
, borrowed from.

Verb

 * 1) to form generic sense
 * 2) to shape to make into a certain shape
 * 3) to train; to educate