"moonman" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: moonmen [plural]
Etymology: moon + man Etymology templates: {{compound|en|moon|man}} moon + man Head templates: {{en-noun|moonmen}} moonman (plural moonmen)
  1. Synonym of man in the moon (“face perceived in the moon, or the character imagined for it”). Synonyms: man in the moon [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-moonman-en-noun-en:man_in_the_moon
  2. (especially mid-19th to mid-20th centuries, fiction) An inhabitant of the Moon (Earth's moon), especially an indigenous humanoid one as opposed to a human one. Categories (topical): Fiction Synonyms: Lunite § Synonyms
    Sense id: en-moonman-en-noun-en:member_of_a_nation_of_fictional_moon_dwellers Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Moonman, moon man, moon-man, Moon Man, Moon-Man

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