Former and Older

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Former adjective - Having been such at some previous time.

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Older is a synonym for former. In some cases you can use "Older" instead an adjective "Former".

Nearby Word: formerly

Older adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.

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Former is a synonym for older in most senior topic. You can use "Former" instead an adjective "Older".

The same for the Remilia Scarlet / Sakuya Izayoi pairing, the former an over five centuries-old terror of the night while the latter is a human probably no older than her early twenties.

Source: Unequal Pairing
Shamelessly perverted and incapable of being much older for the same reason he's the former head — he's dead.

Source: Discworld / Making Money
Sean 'X-Pac' Waltman just never seems to look◊ any older.◊ (Amazing when you remember that he is a former crystal meth addict)

Source: Older Than They Look

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