Thesaurus: former

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1. n. One who forms; a maker; a creator.
2. n. A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed.
3. n. A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped.
4. n. A cutting die.
5. a. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past.
6. a. Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument.
7. a. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned.
8. adj. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
9. adj. belonging to some prior time
10. adj. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
11. adj. belonging to the distant past
12. n. the first of two or the first mentioned of two