saucerman
See also: Saucerman
English
editEtymology
editCompound of (flying) saucer + man.
Noun
editsaucerman (plural saucermen)
- (science fiction) Someone who travels in a flying saucer.
- 2003, Denis Meikle, Vincent Price: The Art of Fear, London: Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, →ISBN, page 76:
- To convince Sam Arkoff to put House of Usher — a film devoid of atomic mutants, bug-eyed saucermen, werewolves, vampires and other poster-friendly manifestations of the fifties' sci-fi boom — into production, Roger Corman had famously informed the joint head of American International that the house was the monster.
References
edit- Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “saucerman, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.