latter-day

American  

[lat-er-dey] / ˈlæt ərˌdeɪ /

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.

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latter-day British  

adjective

1. present-day; modern

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Etymology

Origin of latter-day

First recorded in 1835–45; latter + day

Example Sentences

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.

From BBC

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Salon

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

From Los Angeles Times

His writing launched a latter-day focus by successive popes on the poor, immigrants, women, capitalism and the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few.

From Los Angeles Times