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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. )

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Howbeit the three forenamed Magistrates are in subjection vnto the Tutan, that is, the Vice-roy, ordained in ech prouince.

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

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

Reserued always vnto the forenamed Master generall and his subiects all right and remedie any way requisite or competent vnto them by meanes of the obligations aforesaid.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Richard Hakluyt

Whether the speaker or any other may interrupt any member of this council in his speech used in this house tending to any of the forenamed services?

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume

May it please you therefore of your vnfayned friendship, without all inconuenience of delay, to returne, not vnto vs, but vnto our forenamed knight an answere in writing, what your will and determination is.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Richard Hakluyt

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