replicant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of replicant
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”; see origin at re- ( def. ), ply 2, -ant
Example Sentences
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This series sequel enlists Hunter Schafer and Michelle Yeoh to play rough in this dystopia, with Schafer as Cora, a human Blade Runner who teams with Yeoh’s Olwen, a fading replicant.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
So, as you see, not for old-school Angelenos the replicant conformity of HOA America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
The new film’s greatest creation, though, was Rutger Hauer’s atavistic replicant Roy Batty, a dissident being hunted by Ford’s titular character, Rick Deckard.
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2022
"We've got this awful sort of replicant face thing - people need to get used to seeing us as we actually are."
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2022
"Nay," said the malicious-looking replicant, holding up a long lean phalanx of bony fingers; "pay to-day, trust to-morrow, as t' old lad at the tavern says."
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
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