US /ɛks/ UK /ɛks/
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Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    (informal) a former spouse or partner

    She ran into her ex at the coffee shop.

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Synonyms
1 noun · (informal) a former spouse... former partnerformer spouse

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Etymology

A noun use of the prefix ex-, from Latin ex 'out of, from, former', here abstracted from compounds like ex-husband, ex-wife.

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