Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Belonging to recent or present times, as opposed to early or former periods.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Belonging to present times or those recent by comparison.

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  • adjective Alternative spelling of latter-day.

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  • adjective belonging to the present or recent times

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Examples

  • The script has an interesting subtext, too - that these poor people are completely incapable of helping themselves and are utterly dependent on the Great White Gods coming across the sea - a kind of latterday Cargo Cult mentality projected onto the inhabitants of Indonesia and Sri Lanka by BBC correspondents who on a conscious level would reject racist stereotyping as something that only the Evil Right do.

    Archive 2004-12-26 Laban 2004

  • The script has an interesting subtext, too - that these poor people are completely incapable of helping themselves and are utterly dependent on the Great White Gods coming across the sea - a kind of latterday Cargo Cult mentality projected onto the inhabitants of Indonesia and Sri Lanka by BBC correspondents who on a conscious level would reject racist stereotyping as something that only the Evil Right do.

    It's All Our Fault (Again) Laban 2004

  • Jack White's tireless promoting of musical women is marking him out as a latterday Phil Spector, says Leonie Cooper, only – you know – less sinister

    Jack White, the champion of women musicians 2011

  • With Lloyd coming across like a latterday Ian Hunter, the songs are big on riffs, hooks, choruses, sex and swagger, although there's enough going on lyrically to suggest more depth than just sharp songwriting.

    Tribes: Baby – review 2012

  • At times Fitzmaurice comes on like latterday high-speed Warhol.

    This week's new exhibitions 2011

  • When a small bald man, famed for his insane drive and frightening monomania in pursuit of his goals, was found floating dead in the Baltic, Chechen separatists were quick to claim responsibility, not realising that, instead of Russia's latterday tsar, they'd taken the life of one of snooker's favourite sons.

    Look away, Simon Cowell and John Humphrys. 2012 won't be your year | David Mitchell 2012

  • Attlee conducts us on a latterday grand tour that takes in, among many other places, Turner's Thames, Basho's Japan, Pliny's Vesuvius and Rudolf Hess's solitary cell in Spandau prison.

    Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight by James Attlee – review 2011

  • If Gibbs couldn't enjoy himself then, how would he cope now, as his latterday counterparts brace themselves for Kung Fu Panda 2, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and, oh yes, Final Destination 5?

    I Found it at the Movies: Reflections of a Cinephile by Philip French – review 2011

  • In the absence of simple and intuitive tools for changing behaviour, public services sometimes default to just pumping out information – the latterday equivalent of a public service broadcast.

    Government can change people's behaviour 2011

  • The public sector is not populated by latterday saints; they may work for much less than people in the private sector because they believe in public service, but they still have bills to pay and also believe in fairness.

    When our leaders actually earn their money, fairness will follow | Will Hutton 2011

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