Martian
adjective
of, relating to, or like the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants.
Martians
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pluralof Martian.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He’s been jamming with The Internet again, his collective with childhood friends Syd and Matt Martians, who emerged from the Odd Future nexus to become a pacesetting act for young R&B and hip-hop fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
“The first new Martians in at least a billion years,” he observes, “are not biological; they are robotic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Quirk was always a few covers away: The Day The Martians Landed, screamed one headline, with two alien spaceships looming dramatically; or ESP: Fact Or Fiction, as part of a series of "eternal controversies".
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
Belief in Martians sprang in large part from a wealthy amateur astronomer, Percival Lowell, who built the observatory that still bears his name.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
Or we provide our own radioactively labeled gases and see if they are converted into organic matter, in which case small Martians are inferred.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
