Meanings
plural Romulans
- A member of a fictional alien race, described as being cunning and opportunistic.
...the law vaporizes like a Romulan warrior into the ions of space.
2001, Michael W McConnell, Robert F Cochran, Angela C Carmella, Christian perspectives on legal thought2 more examples
"Some sort of Romulan game," Riker said thoughtfully. "Trying to make us guess what they're up to."
1999, Peter Allen David, Double or Nothing"He looks like a Romulan." Suddenly, her attention is focused on him and she calls across the street, "Hey, monkey Romulan, sort it out!"
2000, Emma Forrest, Namedropper
comparative more Romulan · superlative most Romulan
- Pertaining to the fictional extraterrestrial race, or its fictional polity, the Romulan Star Empire; from Star Trek.
- A fictional language and a constructed language. The fictional language of the Romulans, a fictional extraterrestrial race from Star Trek. Created words and phrases from Star Trek have been latterly expanded upon to create a constructed language, that some among the Star Trek fandom attempt to build into a usable language.
Origin
From Romulus + -an. From the Star Trek franchise, in which they are described as being from the planet Romulus, drawing inspiration from the Roman origin story of Romulus and Remus.
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Romulan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romulan
“Romulan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romulan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Romulan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Romulan.
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