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Meaning of slan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/slæn/

Definitions

A fan of science fiction.

dated, slang

Examples

“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.”
“Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs.”
“Fen gather in clubhouses called slanshacks, "slan" meaning a biologically mutated superman.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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