Antarctican

== English == === Etymology === From Antarctic +‎ -an. === Adjective === Antarctican (not comparable) (nonstandard) Antarctic; of or pertaining to Antarctica. Synonym: Antarctic 1859, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Geological Survey of India, Governor-General of India, page 119 ...West Antarctican part of Gondwanaland are very informative. 1959, Polar Record, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University Press, page 858 At various times he was President of the American Polar Society, the Association of American Geographers and the Antarctican Society. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Antarctican (plural Antarcticans) (fiction or hypothetical) A native of Antarctica. 1935, Edison Marshall, Dian of the Lost Land, H. C. Kinsey & Company, Inc., pages 53 and 62 ...customs which the Antarcticans might have. How he wished he had made the trip alone, and need not share with Adam the scientific triumphs to come! Of course she was—the daughter of Morrison, Hull’s companion who had befriended and protected him against the Antarcticans. (sometimes humorous) One who has spent time in Antarctica, especially a scientist or researcher. ==== Usage notes ==== The sense of a native is strictly hypothetical or fictional. Antarctica does not have any native peoples or permanent residents, though a few persons have been born on the continent. In the sense of a visitor, this term is sometimes placed in quotation marks or treated as a tongue-in-cheek term. ==== Translations ====