ex-president

[eks-prez-i-duhnt]

noun

1. a former president.

   ex-president of the company.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ex-president¹

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Example Sentences

On Friday he told news agency AFP that he has "no ties" with the ex-president, and that "the party is not responsible for his personal actions."

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The ex-president favored a much-criticized “hugs not bullets” strategy — curtailing offensive operations against cartels and instead addressing poverty and other socioeconomic factors driving young people to join organized crime.

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The ex-president arrived in neighbouring Senegal on a chartered military flight late on Thursday, following his release by the military forces who toppled his government.

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A daughter of South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma has resigned from parliament after claims she was involved in recruiting men to join Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine war, her party said Friday.

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Argentine ex-president Cristina Kirchner, already serving a six-year fraud sentence under house arrest, went on trial Thursday in a new corruption case described as the biggest in her country's history.

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