Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial, not comparable)Former, ex-.

    1888, Daily Evening Bulletin, Maysville, Kentucky, 3 September, 1888, Milburn Ellis, a used-to-be resident of this place, but now of the Grasshopper Country […] is visiting relatives here.

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