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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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of latter-day1

First recorded in 1835–45; latter + day
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Against that Goliath, attorneys seeking to represent victims present themselves as a latter-day David, with Crump and Brockovich, who is not a lawyer, as some of their most visible leaders.

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Then, finally, a dam burst and, in the eyes of millions of latter-day Puritans, one man stepped forward who was brave enough to speak the truth.

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The international backlash to his urge for a latter-day colonial land grab came hard and fast.

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Is he a latter-day Churchill standing astride the tides of history, ready to push back Vladimir Putin on one side and Trump on the other?

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“Lives Outgrown,†22 years later, is its latter-day sequel.

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