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former

 
 
/ˈfɔːmər/ adjective [always before noun]

Translation

happening, existing, or true in the past but not now
önceki, geçmiş, sabık
the former Soviet Union former President Bill Clinton15791587
(Definition of former adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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