Slan

//slæn// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fan of science fiction. dated, slang

    "The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization."

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fan of science fiction

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"The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization."

Etymology

From Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, a science fiction novel about persecuted—yet physically, mentally and morally superior—telepathic mutant humans. In the novel they are named after their alleged creator, Samuel Lann.

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