Klingon
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- proper noun
- /ˈklɪŋɡən/
- Sir, I'm no diplomat, but the Klingons have never been trustworthy.
Examples
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Mr. Sulu, set a course for the Klingon battle fleet.
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I've never trusted Klingons, and I never will.
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l never thought l'd ever be drinking with a Klingon.
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Hi, we might be under attack from Klingons.
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"The Daa'Vit," the Klingon explained, "were the enemies of my people for more than three hundred years."
Fiction book (1991) -
To eliminate any need for the Klingons to share a conference table with their old enemies.
Fiction book (1991) -
McCoy: Klingon vessels have entered the Neutral Zone and are firing on us.
Academic text (2009) -
Two months ago, a Federation starship monitored an explosion on the Klingon moon Praxis.
Fiction book (1991) -
¡Captain, the Klingons have us in their tractor beam!
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In the Star Trek series, a Klingon ship is often depicted as a formidable adversary.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Klingon comes from the science fiction world of Star Trek, where writers created a proud, 'warrior' alien people called the Klingons, and so the word now names that fictional species.