Centaurian

centaurian English Etymology From en Centaurus ian. Adjective en chiefly science fiction Pertaining to the constellation Centaurus or its imagined inhabitants. from 20th c. Noun en science fiction An inhabitant of the constellation Centaurus. from 20th c. en Alpha Centaurian Proxima Centaurian en [L. D.] Biagi The Centaurians: A Novel New York, N.Y. Broadway Publishing Co.,835 Broadway 1911 The Centaurians are remarkable people, but move slowly. en w:Murray Leinster Proxima Centauri Astounding Stories XV 1 w:Street & Smith March 1935 25 https://archive.org/details/sim_astounding-science-fiction_1935-03_15_1/page/25/mode/1up Jack proposed to record a Centaurian’s vocabulary with English equivalents, and the dictawriter, hearing the queer hoots the strange creature uttered, would pick out a card which would then cause a speaker to enunciate its English synonym. en Adam D. Moore Privacy Rights: Moral and Legal Foundations The Pennsylvania State University Press 2010 38 978-0-271-03685-4 Suppose that in a few years we are visited by a race of benevolent and rational beings from Alpha Centauri that have free will and an advanced culture. Suppose further that after they figure out our languages we realize the Centaurians are moral beings who act on reflectively endorsed and rationally appraised principle. We can now ask, “What is of moral value for the Centaurians?” en Celestial inhabitants