Centaurian adj.
of or relating to the constellation Centaurus or one of its star systems, esp. Alpha Centauri, or its inhabitants; cf. Alpha Centaurian adj.
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1901 Good Words Dec. 706/2
One wonders if the Centaurian inhabitant gives to this yellow star more than a passing thought.
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1904
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How carefully Canopian, Arcturian, or Centaurian men and women would have to plan out their lives, or have them planned out for them; for if any man wanted to see the world he would have to leave the most of the seeing to his descendants; he would require to ‘do’ various lands by generations!
Giant Suns in Chambers’s Journal 4 Apr. 297/1 -
1940
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L. Sprague de Camp
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Some day you will tire of Centaurian rule, and join some other movement with equally impractical ideals.
Warrior Race in Astounding Science-Fiction Oct. 137/2 -
1947
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George O. Smith
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He'd go down in history…as the first peacetime user of directive power for interstellar flight. He'd comb the Centaurian system, and then return home with proof.
Quest to Centaurus in Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr. 87/1 -
1955
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Milton Lesser
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Three big men lumbered into the room, each one large enough to give a Centaurian marsupial a good tumble.
Es Percipi in Imagination Science Fiction Oct. 38/1 -
1967
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A. Bertram Chandler
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There were the ships, the starships, that span their web of commerce from Earth to the Centaurian planets.
Road to the Rim in Worlds of If Apr. 9/1 -
1971
If the human race were confronted with a great extraterrestrial foe, a Martian or Centaurian or Betelgeusean invasion.
Building City of Man iv. 79 -
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The Centaurian defense minister had backed him up, pointing out that the worst threats the region had faced in recent years had come from unknown foes.
Choice of Futures vii. 132
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