Referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); I prefer the former version to the latter one"
Belonging to some prior time.
(Used especially of persons) of the immediate past.
Belonging to the distant past.
1 Given the latter case, the former problem is probably a good thing.
2 U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former colonial power France condemned the violence.
3 The latter was always known as 'Little' Britain, the former 'Great' Britain.
4 Pink Europe is finished, says Claude Allégre, a former French education minister.
5 However, a former course for the kayaking competition has been left deserted.
6 Others among Poland's 38 million population openly challenge the former pontiff's legacy.
7 There's also R2 million per year that goes towards each former deputy.
8 However, he was recently seen in Dublin by other former Goal workers.
9 However, also speaking in parliament, the former prime minister denied all wrongdoing.
10 It means weakness, Tusk, a former Polish prime minister said in Romanian.
11 France, the former colonial power, has special forces based in the country.
12 However, his government coalition remains intact, led by his former deputy Pellegrini.
13 A former government minister, he won political asylum in Britain in 2011.
14 I don't think anybody does, one former U.S. State Department official said.
15 Speaking last week, former sports minister Richard Caborn called for radical change.
16 However, the former Florida State kicker received another chance at the gun.
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