Synonyms for Former (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 ((used especially of persons) of the immediate past):
late, previous
WordNet sense 2 (belonging to some prior time):
erstwhile, quondam, sometime, old, onetime
WordNet sense 3 (belonging to the distant past):
early, other
WordNet sense 4 (earlier than the present time; no longer current):
past
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