forenamed

[fawr-neymd, fohr-]

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adjective

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

Origin of forenamed

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

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Related Words for forenamed

spoken, aforesaid, aforementioned

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Historical Examples of forenamed

Which when, with difficulty, they had done, all except the two forenamed associates are ordered to draw back.
Past and Present
Thomas Carlyle
Howbeit their chiefe capteine the forenamed Iohn of Monmouth escaped, with a few other in his companie.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (8 of 12)
Raphael Holinshed

British Dictionary definitions for forenamed

forenamed

adjective

(prenominal) named or mentioned previously; aforesaid

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