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The phrase "former colleague" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to someone you used to work with. For example, "I ran into my former colleague at the store yesterday."
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Ask his former colleague Sue Lawley.
Is she a former colleague of Nick's?
"Hawk doesn't do him justice," says one former colleague.
A former colleague describes him as "eine absolute Maschine".
Which, one former colleague says, is not so.
"He would argue black is white," says a former colleague.
"Nothing bothers him," a former colleague told me.
(Disclosure: Luedtke is a friend and former colleague of mine).
"He got his way by bluffing," the former colleague said.
A former colleague connected her with Mr. Swan.
A former colleague recalls her as smart but haughty.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com