日本語WordNet
the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"
referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one"
belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times"
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An adjective meaning previous or earlier in time, or a noun meaning the first of two things or people mentioned.
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The documentary featured interviews with former acidheads from the 1960s.
そのドキュメンタリーは1960年代の元LSD常用者へのインタビューを特集していました。
Many former ASSRs declared independence after 1991.
多くの旧自治共和国は1991年以降に独立を宣言した。
Fear of counterrevolution led to increased surveillance of former aristocrats.
反革命への恐怖から旧貴族への監視が強化された。
Modern taxonomy has reorganized the former Tentaculata.
現代の分類学はかつての触手動物門を再編成した。
Pronunciation data from ipa-dict (MIT License) based on cmudict-ipa by @lingz