Latter [adjective]

Definition of Latter:

latest, concluding

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Sentence/Example of Latter:

Mrs. Woodbury paints in oils and water-colors; the latter are genre scenes, and among them are several Dutch subjects.

Without the former quality, knowledge of the past is uninstructive; without the latter, it is deceptive.

The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.

Give not up thy heart to sadness, but drive it from thee: and remember the latter end.

He passed the latter part of his life in poverty, and towards the close of it, was confined in a madhouse.

He accuses the latter of various illegal and crafty acts, among them sending contraband gold and jewels to Mexico.

Not being sufficiently numerous to hold out the town as well as the Alamo, they retreated into the latter.

Which latter circumstance he begged Mr. Perker to note, with a glowing countenance and many marks of indignation.

At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.

The latter went immediately to look for his wife, and found her hidden in an attic, hanging to a beam.