Antarctician

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Antarctic +‎ -ician

Adjective[edit]

Antarctician (comparative more Antarctician, superlative most Antarctician)

  1. Of or pertaining to Antarctica.

Noun[edit]

Antarctician (plural Antarcticians)

  1. One who lives or works in the Antarctic.
    • 1969, The Listener, volume 80, page 41:
      One young Antarctician put it to me that such opposition as exists comes mainly from the older generation []
    • 1982, Vivian Fuchs, Of Ice and Men, page 91:
      Jennie Darlington was expecting a baby - perhaps they would stand godfather to the very first real Antarctician.
    • 1999, Yojana, volume 43, page 2:
      The present team is being led by Dr. Ajay Dhar from the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, a veteran Antarctician []