English-Icelandic translations for former

Definition of former

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• First of aforementioned two items. Used with , often without a noun
• Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder
• An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die
• Someone in, or of, a certain form (class

Examples

• A former president; the former East Germany
• The former is a good idea but the latter is not
• I drive two vehicles, a Chevy Camaro and an AMC Gremlin. I won the former on a game show
• Dave was the former of the company.
• The brick arch was built using a wooden former.
• Fifth-former.
• Sixth-former.

Related words

• informer
• transformer
• formerly
• reformer
• performer
• conformer
• autotransformer
• disinformer
• formeret