A Sentient or Sapient being. Particularly one which travels amongst and colonizes star systems. It's root suggests the word means: beings with the ability to communicate creatively, ala Sophistry.
The Vargr pirate barked an objection at the notion that prey species, such as the K'kree, qualified as Sophant beings...never mind that they colonized numerous worlds.
by Hecateus October 06, 2003
Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson alongside their crew became the first astrotourists, while visiting sub-orbital space in July 2021
by AxonL July 20, 2021
Hecateus spells sophont as sophant, making me wonder if he's actually read the Traveller rules where it originates.
by aramis erak September 24, 2012
Jul 23 trending
- 1. Watermelon Sugar
- 2. Ghetto Spread
- 3. Girls who eat carrots
- 4. sorority squat
- 5. Durk
- 6. Momala
- 7. knocking
- 8. Dog shot
- 9. sputnik
- 10. guvy
- 11. knockin'
- 12. nuke the fridge
- 13. obnoxion
- 14. Eee-o eleven
- 15. edward 40 hands
- 16. heels up
- 17. columbus
- 18. ain't got
- 19. UrbDic
- 20. yak shaving
- 21. Rush B Cyka Blyat
- 22. Pimp Nails
- 23. Backpedaling
- 24. Anol
- 25. got that
- 26. by the way
- 27. Wetter than an otter's pocket
- 28. soy face
- 29. TSIF
- 30. georgia rose

