English-Swedish translations for has-been

föredettingenJag tvingades påpeka att vad mig beträffar var detta en fruktansvärd förolämpning: jag hade varit det på riktigt; jag hade varit en riktig kolonialförtryckare och inte bara en nykolonial föredetting.I had to point out that as far as I was concerned that was a terrible insult: I had been the real thing; I had been a real colonial oppressor and not simply a neo-colonial has-been.

A person, especially one formerly popular or influential, who continues in their field after their popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline

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