Romulan

English

Etymology

From the Star Trek franchise; Romulus +‎ -an. (Romulus is the name of a planet there.)

Noun

Romulan (plural Romulans)

  1. A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.
    • 1999, Peter Allen David, Double or Nothing:
      "Some sort of Romulan game," Riker said thoughtfully. "Trying to make us guess what they're up to."
    • 2000, Emma Forrest, Namedropper:
      "He looks like a Romulan." Suddenly, her attention is focused on him and she calls across the street, "Hey, monkey Romulan, sort it out!"
    • 2001, Michael W McConnell, Robert F Cochran, Angela C Carmella, Christian perspectives on legal thought:
      ...the law vaporizes like a Romulan warrior into the ions of space.

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