Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Latter \Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[ae]tter, compar. of lat late.
   See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.]
   1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something
      else; -- opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter
      rain.

   2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.

            The difference between reason and revelation, and in
            what sense the latter is superior.    --I. Watts.

   3. Recent; modern.

            Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages,
            whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke.

   4. Last; latest; final. [R.] ``My latter gasp.'' --Shak.

   {Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest.

   {Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year.
      --Shak.