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former

adjective
  1. referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several)
  2. belonging to the distant past
    earlyother
  3. belonging to some prior time
    old
  4. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
    late
noun
  1. the first of two or the first mentioned of two
    “Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today”