Results for former

Definitions of former:

part of speech: noun

One who shapes or molds; a maker.

part of speech: adjective

Before another or something else in time or order; mentioned before another; opposed to latter.

part of speech: adjective

Preceding in time or place; previously mentioned.

part of speech: noun

One who forms or makes.

Usage examples for former:

• And then repeated, with her former pleasant change, " shall we walk a little farther, or go home?" "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens

• I hope she won't be like a former one, if all I've read of her is true. "A Rock in the Baltic", Robert Barr

• I come back to my former question. "The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly", Charles James Lever

• The former two- story man thought fast. "Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930", Various