HAS-BEEN


Meaning of HAS-BEEN in English

(~s)

If you describe someone as a ~, you are indicating in an unkind way that they were important or respected in the past, but they are not now.

...the so-called experts and various ~s who foist opinions on us.

N-COUNT disapproval

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .