lunarian

American  

[loo-nair-ee-uhn] / luˈnɛər i ən /

noun

1. a being supposedly inhabiting the moon.

2. a selenographer.

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lunarian British  

/ luːˈnɛərɪən /

noun

1. archaic an astronomer concerned with the moon; a selenographer

2. myth an inhabitant of the moon

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Etymology

Origin of lunarian

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

Example Sentences

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.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

In that case, our athlete would have to content himself with jumping over a lunarian, whose head he could just clear—with the hat off.

From Other Worlds Their Nature, Possibilities and Habitability in the Light of the Latest Discoveries by Serviss, Garrett Putman