What does the word ex mean?

Usage examples for ex

  1. Gabrielle was talking to an ex- convict as they entered. – Cumner & South Sea Folk, v5 by Gilbert Parker
  2. But if this ex- king had been a rich country gentleman of the neighborhood, he could not have made himself more popular. – Stories of New Jersey by Frank Richard Stockton
  3. When the ex- mayor had acquired a few business notions, he felt the necessity of learning to read and write. – The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac