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Definition of "latter-day" []

  • Belonging to present or recent times; modern. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "latter-day" in a sentence
  • "Lampooning the foibles of the English class system as well as clerics, politicians and even other artists, Mr. Searle was often described as a latter-day version of the 18th-century British graphic satirist William Hogarth."
  • "Among the real rarities in the festival's "Velvet Bullets and Steel Kisses" sidebar, which is devoted to popular films made by Japan's Nikkatsu studio, this 1985 drama mixes softcore eroticism with a gaudy neon color scheme to create a melancholy, latter-day noir."
  • "Italy's premier marketplace for crèche makings is the Via San Gregorio Armeno in Naples, where artisans offer figurines portraying not only the obvious biblical subjects but also latter-day personalities from the worlds of culture, sport and politics."