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replicant

adj, noun — 3 senses

replicant

adj

Etymology From Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

1

replicative

replicant

noun

Etymology From Latin replicāns, present participle of replicō. The science fiction sense was coined by David Peoples in the 1982 film Blade Runner.

1

Literature, Media, Publishing, Science fiction A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.

2

Archaic One who replies.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.