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Martian, a. and n.|ˈmɑːʃən|
Also 4 Marcien.
[f. L. Marti-us pertaining to Mars (f. Mart-em Mars) + -an.]
A. adj.
1.
†a. Having the temperament due to the influence of the planet Mars (obs.).
b. Of or pertaining to Mars or its supposed inhabitants. Also transf.
c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 610, I am a Venerien In felinge, and myn herte is Marcien. 1880A. R Wallace Isl. Life 160 The duration of such phenomena on Mars being reckoned in Martian months equivalent to one-twelfth of a Martian year. 1892Pall Mall G. 6 Aug. 1/3 We may therefore perhaps be excused for taking a more immediate interest in Martian matters than in the affairs of worlds so infinitely more distant. 1898H. G. Wells War of Worlds ii. ii. 210 Long before the Martian invasion. 1950A. Huxley Themes & Variations 256 Man's Martian aggression against himself. Ibid., The Martian forces of overpopulation and erosion. 1953News Chron. 2 June 1/1 Step by step, in Martian clothing, the two figures move forward, pursuing their race against time and the mountain in the slowest of slow motion.
†2. Of or pertaining to war or battle. Obs.
1591Sylvester Du Bartas i. vi. 398 The Beasts that fill'd the Martian Field With blood and slaughter. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. v. 6 The judges..Into the Martian field adowne descended.
3. Of or pertaining to the month of March.
1623Cockeram, Marcian-moneth, the moneth of March. 1842Macaulay Lays, Lake Regillus 17 Gay are the Martian Kalends.
B. n. An inhabitant of the planet Mars.
1883W. S. Lach-Szyrma Aleriel iii. iii. 109 He..brought with him another Martian, differently attired. 1892Pall Mall G. 6 Aug. 2/1 Can it be..that the Martians..are endeavouring to signal to some other planet? 1898H. G. Wells War of Worlds i. v. 31 The glimpse I had had of the Martians emerging from the cylinder in which they had come to the earth from their planet. 1901G. B. Shaw Three Plays for Puritans Pref. p. xvii, He feels concerned about the..destruction of the human race by the Martians. 1949[see earthling n.2 1]. 1951R. Bradbury Silver Locusts 108 From the back of the machine a Martian with melted gold for eyes looked down at Tomás. 1967Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 13 May (1970) 519 What will I remember about Camp David? The two ‘Martians’ in their silver suits..fire⁓fighters on hand for any emergency. |