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lunarian, a. and n.|l(j)uːˈnɛərɪən|
[f. L. lūnāris lunar + -ian.]
A. adj. Inhabiting the moon.
1868Lockyer Guillemin's Heavens (ed. 3) 165 The lunarian observer situated on the invisible hemisphere.
B. n.
1. A dweller in the moon.
1708Brit. Apollo No. 13. 2/2 Be those Lunarians false or true. 1794G. Adams Nat. & Exp. Philos. IV. xxxvii. 23 When it is what we call New Moon, we will appear as a Full Moon to the Lunarians. a1849Poe Mellonta Tauta Wks. 1865 IV. 299 Creatures so diminutive as the lunarians. 1880P. Greg Acr. Zodiac I. ii. 41 During an eclipse, the Lunarian would see round the Earth a halo created by [etc.].
2. One who observes or describes the moon; one who used the lunar method in finding longitude.
1817E. Ward (title) The Lunarian, or Seaman's Guide; being a practical Introduction to the Method of ascertaining the Longitude at Sea. 1881Proctor Poetry Astron. vi. 233 Nor does Schröter or any of the older lunarians indicate a crater at this part of the moon's surface. 1901Blackw. Mag. Oct. 476/2 The expert lunarians—the men who found their longitude from observation of the moon—are gone. |