former

IPA: fˈɔrmɝ

Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.
An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.
(chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).

Examples of "former" in Sentences

The former is Greek for universal, the latter means right believing
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
Spades is giving new salacious meaning to the phrase "former Clinton intern," although -- believe it or not -- Bill was not even involved!
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.
The former is shorthand for the Employee Free Choice Act, a labor-backed bill in Congress that would enable unions to organize workplaces through signed petitions instead of secret ballot elections.
Phillips: It goes without saying the end game for the Tea Party movement is a conservative House and a conservative Senate, or as I had a chance to tell some people earlier today, next year at this time we need to see the title former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Senator Harry Reid.