lunarian

[ loo-nair-ee-uhn ]

noun

1. a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.
2. a selenographer.

lunarian

/ luːˈnɛərɪən /

noun

1. archaic.
   an astronomer concerned with the moon; a selenographer
2. myth an inhabitant of the moon

Word History and Origins

Origin of lunarian¹

1700–10; < Latin lūn ( ā ) moon + -arian

Example Sentences

It was six months before the last of the monsters had been obliterated, and then Kay, now one of the highest officials in the Federation's service, was granted a lunarian's leave of absence pending his taking command of an Antarctic expedition for the purpose of destroying the remaining monsters in their lair.

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Lunarian paradoxists would probably argue that she was in some way rigidly connected with the moon; but even they would never think of arguing that their world did not turn on its axis, unless they maintained that it was the centre of the universe.

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Whereas nowadays the editor of a leading monthly is responsible to his readers for exhaustive views of the politics of Europe during the last fortnight; and would think himself distanced in the race with his lunarian rivals, if his numbers did not contain three distinct and entirely new theories of the system of the universe, and at least one hitherto unobserved piece of evidence of the nonentity of God.

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To a visiting Lunarian it would seem strange indeed that in a Terrestrial court of justice it is not deemed desirable for an accused person to incriminate himself, and that it is deemed desirable for a subpoena to be more dreaded than a warrant.

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When it first arrived, yon volume kept its owner up all night, and its neighbor introduced him to realms more delightful and more strange than if he had taken Dr. Wilkins's lunarian journey.

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