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Latter-day Saint

American  

noun

  1. a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


Latter-day Saint British  

noun

  1. a more formal name for a Mormon

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Latter-day Saint

An Americanism dating back to 1825–35


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One of us is a Latter-day Saint, a Utah farm boy, shaped by tales of pioneers and the generations that endured persecution to settle in a place where we could flourish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

"In the UK, if you spend a week with a Latter-day Saint family, it will probably be generally quite boring and average," he says.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2025

Coppins, an excellent storyteller and chronicler of Republican politics in the Trump years, is a fellow Latter-day Saint who came of age in Massachusetts when Romney was governor of the state.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2023

Then in December 2021, she spoke out on "Mormon Stories," a podcast where people who have left or have questioned their Latter-day Saint faith share their life stories.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2023

To the modern Jew it means the plural of majesty, not of number; but to the Latter-day Saint it signifies both.

From Elias An Epic of the Ages by Orson F. Whitney

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