0 used or known before -- ancien/-ienne
1 [ singular ] the first of two things mentioned -- le/la premier/-ière
2 of an earlier time -- ancien
They are all children of the former regime.
The former socialist minister repeatedly refused that request.
These legal proceedings against a former head of government are classical preventive human rights policy.
You must be familiar with this phrase which was used by your former prestigious leader.
Why does a former hero of a nation, the father figure of a struggle for independence, now allow the use of violence simply to underpin his own authority?
If there is the threat of violence, it comes from the former powers, and of that problem we must be aware if we are going there.
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