"former" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "former",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Attributive modifiers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Former president Clinton was giving a speech at the school."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former x (e.g., president, country, wife) used to be the x but is not anymore."
      ],
      "id": "simple-former-en-adj-nZN7aMPW",
      "raw_tags": [
        "usually before a noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've taught in high school and university. The former (i.e., high school) is more exciting, but university is less stressful."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The former is the first of two things that have already been talked about."
      ],
      "id": "simple-former-en-adj-1OOAndfD"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔrmɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːmə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-former.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "former"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "former",
      "tags": [
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Attributive modifiers"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Former president Clinton was giving a speech at the school."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A former x (e.g., president, country, wife) used to be the x but is not anymore."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "usually before a noun"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I've taught in high school and university. The former (i.e., high school) is more exciting, but university is less stressful."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The former is the first of two things that have already been talked about."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔrmɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔːmə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-former.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "former"
}