blastor

English

Etymology

From blast +‎ -or.

Noun

blastor (plural blastors)

1. (science fiction) Alternative form of blaster (“hand weapon”)
   • 1925 April, Nictzin Dyalhis, “When the Green Star Waned”, in Weird Tales, volume 5, number 4, page 6:

     Well it was for me that, in obedience to Hul Jok's imperative command, I was holding my Blastor pointing ahead of me; for as I blundered full upon the monstrosity it upheaved its ugly bulk—how I do not know, for I saw no legs nor did it have wings—to one edge and would have flopped down upon me, but instinctively I slid forward the catch on the tiny Blastor, and the foul thing vanished—save for a few fragments of its edges—smitten into nothingness by the vibration hurled forth from that powerful little disintegrator.

Hypernyms

• energy weapon, ray gun

Anagrams

• Bartols, Borstal, borstal