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Originally Posted By: ollyKia ora Coffebean,
Words that spring to mind are, former, erstwhile, past, previous/prior (depending on current marital status)
Olly, erstwhile looks to me like a half German, half English word. If we would take the whole in German things would be easy:
'with her damalige Gemahl '.
But I think as English has no specific word for it, to me 'with her then husband' sounds fine.
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