Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the (supposed) inhabitants of the moon.
- noun One versed in knowledge of the moon; a student of lunar phenomena. Also
lunarist . - noun An advocate of the lunar method of finding longitude at sea: a term which has lost its significance since the chronometer has reached its present state of perfection.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inhabitant of the moon.
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- noun An
inhabitant of theMoon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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From eighth Touhou game Imperishable Night, Kaguya Houraisan is a former Lunarian who was expelled from the moon.
Kaguya Houraisan | Papercraft Paradise | PaperCrafts | Paper Models | Card Models Michael James 2008
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Maybe she'd create the first truly Lunarian music.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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Niolente: A Lunarian magnate of the Selenarchy era, leader of the movement against incorporation of Luna in the World Federation.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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With Lunarian chromosomes, she might reach a fourth again of his projected 120.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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Ash-blond hair fell in bangs over milk-white temples wherein a vein stood as blue as the big, slanty Lunarian eyes.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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Lilisaire: A Lunarian magnate of the Republic era.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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His use of his mother tongue, unprompted, was an honorific, implying worth-not status, but inborn worth-equal or nearly equal to the Lunarian.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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She searched out memories, less from here than from abroad, Russia, Yuri, the Lyudovite passion against the cyberneticized world that still smoldered deep down in her, missions to mainland America and the underground web of metamorphs that she touched upon, Luna and the cold Lunarian anger, the machines, everywhere the machines, and the sophotects in their multitudes and their oneness. ...
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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Eythil wanted a Lunarian white wine-the vineyards under Copernicus still produced biologically-and Kenmuir chose ale.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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Let us assume this happening will help make plausible the diversion of yet more resources to the Habitat project, and thereby hasten the destruction of Lunarian lifeways.
The Stars Are Also Fire Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1994
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