ex-president

[ eks-prez-i-duhnt ]

/ ˌɛksˈprɛz ɪ dənt /

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noun

a former president: ex-president of the company.

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Origin of ex-president

An Americanism dating back to 1790–1800

Words nearby ex-president

exposure dose, exposure index, exposure meter, expound, expounding, ex-president, express, expressage, express delivery, expression, Expressionism

How to use ex-president in a sentence

This leaves his son, George W. Bush, as the only living ex-president not to support gay marriage.
Gay Men and the Presidents Who Loved Them|James Kirchick|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then Dugin recommended supporting fugitive Ukrainian ex-president Victor Yanukovych, who is now in Russia.
Alexander Dugin: The Crazy Ideologue of the New Russian Empire|Oleg Shynkarenko|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In Donetsk, the ex-president reportedly tried to escape in a private plane, but border guards prevented him from taking off.
Where in the World Is Yanukovych?|Oleg Shynkarenko|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Grief nourishes myth and a new CNN poll registers JFK as our most admired ex-president from the past half century.
Hating Kennedy|John Avlon|November 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Instead, the loudest voices come from the ever-tweeting ex-president, Alvaro Uribe, and his supporters.
Kevin Scott Sutay: Swallowed by the Jungle|Toby Muse|July 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ex-President Roosevelt here entered the hall amid cheers and rousing enthusiasm and mounted the platform.
Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress|Various
Ex-President Grant, for example, in his famous trip round the world, posed at every court he approached as a royal personage.
Belford's Magazine, Vol. II, No. 3, February 1889|Various
Friends, and enemies as well, of the imprisoned ex-President began to clamor for his trial or release.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt
The ex-President, thus driven at bay, fulminates the secret infamy in all its foul extent to the whole world.
The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt|David Miller DeWitt
He was astonished to find this noted man and ex-President of the United States living in a one-story frame house.
Hero Stories from American History|Albert F. Blaisdell