lunarianadj.n.
/l(j)uːˈnɛːrɪən/ A. adj.
Inhabiting the moon.
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the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [adjective] > inhabiting
lunary1561
lunarian1868
1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 165 The lunarian observer situated on the invisible hemisphere.
B. n.
1. A dweller in the moon.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > extraterrestrial inhabitant
heavenwareOE
superlunary1649
Selenite1650
lunarian1708
planetarian1778
little green man1802
starling1839
alien1931
space colony1932
space alien1936
ET1944
outworlder1948
off-worlder1957
extra-terrestrial1963
Klingon1968
grey1989
the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] > moon-dweller
moonmana1640
lunarian1708
1708 Brit. Apollo 24–26 Mar. Be those Lunarians false or true.
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xxxvii. 28 When it is what we call new moon, we shall appear as a full moon to the Lunarians.
a1849 E. A. Poe Mellonta Tauta in Wks. (1865) IV. 299 Creatures so diminutive as the lunarians.
1880 P. Greg Across 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.
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the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > [noun] > taking of altitudes > person
star-shooter1580
lunarian1817
the world > the universe > cosmology > astronomy > planetology > [noun] > moon > person
selenographer1670
lunarian1817
selenologist1890
1817 E. Ward (title) The Lunarian, or Seaman's Guide; being a practical Introduction to the Method of ascertaining the Longitude at Sea.
1881 R. A. Proctor Poetry of Astron. vi. 233 Nor does Schröter or any of the older lunarians indicate a crater at this part of the moon's surface.
1901 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 476/2 The expert lunarians—the men who found their longitude from observation of the moon—are gone.
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