Definition of "latter"

latter

/ˈlæt.ə(ɹ)/

adjective
not comparable
1. Relating to or being the second of two items.
  Quotations
  On sale next to dried fish and chicken feet were rats and bats (the latter's wings in a pile like leather scraps, also for sale), plus cut-up pigs and monkeys, their faces intact.
  March 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival.”, in National Geographic‎
  the difference between reason and revelation, and in what sense the latter is superior
  1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726
2. Near (or nearer) to the end.
3. In the past, but close (or closer) to the present time.
  Quotations
  Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages, whole nations at the bay of Soldania […] ?
  1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […]