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  • noun a former boyfriend

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  • noun a man who is no longer a woman's boyfriend

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Examples

  • ‘Maybe – but the perception is that I called an ex-boyfriend to write a sympathetic puff piece on your behalf.’

    Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006

  • ‘Maybe – but the perception is that I called an ex-boyfriend to write a sympathetic puff piece on your behalf.’

    Temptation Douglas Kennedy 2006

  • She called an ex-boyfriend in defiance and asked him to meet her for lunch.

    Mama Gena’s Marriage Manual Regena Thomashauer 2004

  • However Kahl, who is also known as the ex-boyfriend of reality star

    NYDN Rss CRISTINA EVERETT 2012

  • HOUSTON - A Houston woman has been charged with felony stalking after being accused by police of calling her ex-boyfriend more than 1,000 times and sending him more than 700 emails within a three month period -- and taking a sword to his windows.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • Her co-defendant and ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito of Italy, was also convicted and sentenced to 25 years.

    Witness in Knox trial says he can clear her 2011

  • Knox's co-defendant and ex-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito of Italy, was convicted of the same charges and sentenced to 25 years.

    Battle over DNA evidence at Knox trial 2011

  • I felt good but quickly became cynical as my loser ex-boyfriend suddenly found me the hottest thing in the world (even though my friends were warning me that I seemed perilously thin).

    Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing 2009

  • Beginning Sept. 5, DioGuardi will make her Broadway debut as the wannabe vaudevillian who murders her ex-boyfriend, landing herself in jail, The Associated Press reports.

    Kara DioGuardi Takes on Roxie Hart in Chicago 2011

  • But my ex-boyfriend ended up being right about at least one of the things he predicted.

    Teed Off Sherrie Daly 2011

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