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English Dictionary: Former	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
former adj 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" Antonym(s): latter(a) belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" Synonym(s): erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one- time(a), quondam(a), sometime(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" Synonym(s): former(a), late(a), previous(a) belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" Synonym(s): early(a), former(a), other(a) n the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today" Antonym(s): latter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Former \Form"er\, n. 1. One who forms; a maker; a creator. 2. (Mech.) (a) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. (b) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. (c) A cutting die.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Former \For"mer\, a. [A compar. due to OE. formest. See {Foremost}.] 1. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age. --Job. viii. 8. The latter and former rain. --Hosea vi. 3. 3. Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument. 3. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned. A bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic; a man may be the former merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be latter without both that and an ill temper. --Pope. Syn: Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding; foregoing.