Meanings
plural ex-presidents
- A former president.
She was the third former Trump acolyte to agree to testify against the ex-president and others this week.
2023 October 25, Stephen Collinson, “Trump rages as former acolytes turn against him under legal heat”, in CNN1 more example
The other living ex-presidents are Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, and George W. Bush, who is very friendly with both Obama and Clinton, but as a Republican is unlikely to campaign for Biden even given his disdain for Trump’s contempt for democracy.
2024 March 27, Stephen Collinson, “Three presidents and one mission: Beat Trump”, in CNN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Middle Frenchex-
- Middle Englishex-
- Englishex-
- Englishpresident
- Englishex-president
Translations
Catalan expresident
- expresidenta former president
Chinese Mandarin 前總統 /前总统
- 前總統 /前总统 (qiánzǒngtǒng)a former president
Czech exprezident
- exprezidenta former president
Dutch ex-president
- ex-presidenta former president
German Expräsident, Ex-Präsident
- Expräsidenta former president
- Ex-Präsidenta former president
Japanese 元大統領
- 元大統領 (motodaitōryō)a former president
Portuguese ex-presidente
- ex-presidentea former president
Russian бы́вший президе́нт, экс-президе́нт
- бы́вший президе́нт (bývšij prezidént)a former president
- экс-президе́нт (eks-prezidént)a former president
Spanish expresidente
- expresidentea former president
Vietnamese cựu tổng thống, cựu chủ tịch
- cựu tổng thốnga former president
- cựu chủ tịcha former president
Cite this entry
ex-president. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-president
“ex-president.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-president. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ex-president,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex-president.
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