Former conservative ministers. A member of a school form: a fifth former. n. She is a former employee of the company. You use former in front of a noun to indicate that the person you are talking about is no longer the thing referred to by the noun. For example, the former chairman of a company used to be the chairman, but is not the chairman now. The meaning of FORMER is coming before in time. The former president gave a speech last night. of or in an earlier time; before the present time or in the past: 2. . How to use former in a sentence. w2ex jxb azp psa bycw e7se z3t qb0x bjny7 vym