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Discover LudwigThe phrase "former classmate" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to someone who was previously in the same class as the speaker, but is no longer in that class. Example: "I ran into my former classmate at the grocery store yesterday. We hadn't seen each other since high school."
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Some expressed compassion for their former classmate.
Former classmate Chera Moore admired his outspokenness.
(The current artistic director is his former classmate Yuri Burlaka).
She found that Mary, the maid, was a former classmate.
One former classmate said today: "Tim was always very withdrawn.
"He's been bad since Day 1," a former classmate said.
Kristine Linde (Caroline Martin), a former classmate, comes to call.
The role was played here by Chen Li, a former classmate of Qian Yi's.
He wore a Steelers cap and told stories of McCarthy, a former classmate and basketball teammate.
He loved women, recalled a former classmate, and "could drink anyone under the table".
James Wesley Harris, a former classmate at Creighton University, finally changed things for me.
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