more advanced in time or nearer to the end in a sequence; "these latter days"; "the latter (or last) part of the book"; "latter (or later) part of the l8th century"
referring to the the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the latter case"
the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered today"
the second of two or the second mentioned of two
referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned (or the last one or ones of several)