lunarian
/luːˈnɛriən/
noun
- A person who studies the moon, especially a scientist or astronomer.
- As a young lunarian, she spent every clear night observing the moon through her telescope.
- The lunarian presented her new findings about lunar craters at the conference.
- The team of lunarians mapped the moon's surface in incredible detail.
- An imaginary or fictional inhabitant of the moon.
- In the old science fiction story, the lunarians lived in crystal cities beneath the moon's surface.
- The children's book described friendly lunarians who traveled to Earth on moonbeams.
- Early astronomers sometimes joked about waving to the lunarians they imagined living there.
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