latter-day

[lat-er-dey]

adjective

1. of a later or following period.

   latter-day pioneers.

2. of the present period or time; modern.

   the latter-day problems of our society.

latter-day

adjective

1. present-day; modern

Word History and Origins

Origin of latter-day¹

First recorded in 1835–45; latter + day

Example Sentences

His appeal to latter-day fascists is limited, given that the early success of his regime led only to servitude and then total catastrophe.

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Bespectacled, with long hair and a beard and moustache, he seems more like a latter-day hippy than a tech whizz, and he is clearly proud as he shows me around his firm.

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Ferrari doesn’t exactly bill it as a latter-day Daytona—maybe because the company used that name on another recent model—but it is.

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But the Colonel who came to light through Guralnick’s latter-day research defied such easy characterization.

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In the end, Wainwright has created a latter-day bardo, the spiritual journey that follows death.

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