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 Giant Suns in Chambers’s Journal 4 Apr. 297/1
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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!
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1940 Warrior Race in Astounding Science-Fiction Oct. 137/2
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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.
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1947 Quest to Centaurus in Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr. 87/1
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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.
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1955 Es Percipi in Imagination Science Fiction Oct. 38/1
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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.
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1967 Road to the Rim in Worlds of If Apr. 9/1
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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.
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1971 Building City of Man iv. 79
If the human race were confronted with a great extraterrestrial foe, a Martian or Centaurian or Betelgeusean invasion.
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2013 Choice of Futures vii. 132
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.
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