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The phrase "a former friend of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone who used to be a friend but is no longer in that relationship.
Example: "She spoke about a former friend of hers who had moved away."
Alternatives: "an ex-friend of" or "a past friend of".
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Victim 1 Seven of the 12 counts related to a former friend of Harris's daughter Bindi.
"We need to ask ourselves which values we stand for," says a former friend of Appelbaum.
The late sociologist Edward Shils, a former friend of Bellow's, becomes Rakhmiel Kogon.
Buzzfeed spoke to a former friend of Kotey who said he used to run a stall outside the mosque.
Fellow Tor developer Isis Agora Lovecruft is a former friend of Appelbaum who started working with him in 2011.
The girl, who has been identified by her mother as Megan Meier, was a former friend of Ms. Drew's daughter.
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I'm Dillon Peña, a former friend and acquaintance of your daughter Christina.
Bollea alleged that the video Gawker published in 2012 showing him in flagrante delicto with the wife of a former friend was an invasion of privacy.
Several years ago, a former (keyword: former) friend of mine wanted to get a bunch of friends together and watch a movie.
Aspinall, a casino owner and former friend of missing peer Lord Lucan, had also secretly struggled with leukaemia.
Harvey Morrow, who'd befriended Steven while he cared for his ailing father, claimed to be an investment banker and former friend of Steven's father.
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