ex-boyfriend
- noun
- /ˈɛksˌbɔɪˌfrɛnd/
- After they broke up, her ex-boyfriend still remained friends with her brother.
- ex-boyfriend, Jack
- my ex-boyfriend now
- call from an ex-boyfriend
So we went and this girl's ex-boyfriend, I guess we'll call him Trevor.
- So we went and this girl's ex-boyfriend, I guess we'll call him Trevor.
- We are going to meet up with my ex-boyfriend for dinner tonight.
- Another girl gave him her phone to call her ex-boyfriend.
- He told me said hey man, my ex cheated with her ex-boyfriend.
- I got this for Valentine's Day from my now ex-boyfriend.
- So you wouldn't mind if she took your ex-boyfriend?
- But I was on Tinder weeks after parting from my obsessive ex-boyfriend.
- So on one hand, you're like my mom's ex-boyfriend.
- I started doing skits with my ex-boyfriend.
- I'm calling an old friend, I'm calling my dad and calling my ex-boyfriend.
- I'm still just like your friend, ex-boyfriend, bodyguard guy.
- And I guess she got so drunk and her ex-boyfriend while she was drunk.
- She's gone and given her sister's ex-boyfriend a handy in the park.
Examples
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We are going to meet up with my ex-boyfriend for dinner tonight.
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I was awaiting the arrival of my ex-boyfriend, Tom, in the meeting and greeting area of the airport.
Fiction book (1991) -
Your focus should be on the future when you and your ex-boyfriend will be able to build a new relationship.
Blog text (12) -
"This is about Noah, my ex-boyfriend, who was so good to me I broke up with him."
Fiction book (2001) -
Getting back with your ex-boyfriend can sound like it would be extremely difficult, but it doesn't have to be.
Blog text (12) -
Don't force an initial contact with your ex-boyfriend; let it happen naturally.
Blog text (12) -
Meeting your ex-boyfriend isn't something to be embarrassed about?
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"I still look at my ex-boyfriend's Facebook," admits Claire, a student at the University of Missouri.
Blog text (16) -
Jack, my ex-boyfriend now, is also an artist, but our approaches and mediums differ.
Fiction book (2000) -
If you hadn't given your ex-boyfriend a second chance, you wouldn't even be having a wedding.
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Etymology
Ex-boyfriend comes from the prefix ex- meaning 'former', as in ex-president, and boyfriend meaning 'a man you are dating'. So an ex-boyfriend is a man who used to be your boyfriend.