English Explanatory Dictionary

replicant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. replicative
noun
  1. A robot or artificial being that is an exact copy of a genuine lifeform, especially a human.
  2. One who replies.

Word forms

replicant more replicant most replicant replicants

Etymology

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

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