replicant

[ rep-li-kuhnt ]

noun

1. (in science fiction) a robot or other artificial being in the form of a human or other creature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of replicant¹

First recorded in 1620–30; current sense was coined by David Peoples, U.S. screenwriter (born 1940), for the film Blade Runner (1982); from Late Latin replicant-, stem of present participle replicāns, from replicāre “to fold back”; re- ( def ), ply ², -ant

Example Sentences

Reincarnated as a RepliLuxe, a smaller-than-life yet “life-like” artificial replicant.

From The Daily Beast

It is a point in both that the replicant is a wee boy (gossen, som liten var).

From Project Gutenberg