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forenamed

American  
[fawr-neymd, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˈneɪmd, ˈfoʊr- /

adjective

  1. named before; mentioned before in the same writing or speech; aforementioned.


forenamed British  
/ ˈfɔːˌneɪmd /

adjective

  1. (prenominal) named or mentioned previously; aforesaid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of forenamed

1150–1200; Middle English. See fore-, named ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The forenamed students and masters that were at his death, obtained so much, that they buried him in the village where he was so grievously tormented.

From Mediaeval Tales by Henry Morley

Vnto which action Olauus gaue not his consent, neither could he withstand it, by reason of the forenamed vicount the son of Boke.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 01 by Richard Hakluyt

The wing of the disherited men ouerthrew and bare downe their aduersaries, which were led by the duke of Britain, and the forenamed earles.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (4 of 12) Stephan Earle Of Bullongne by Raphael Holinshed

Cape an Englishman and seruant to the forenamed Rich.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt

And the forenamed Pedro Gonsalues, which came out of England, was there also with other English marchants about the busines of Rich.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Richard Hakluyt

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