heteroscian Meaning, Definition & Usage

Het`er*os"cian noun
Etymology
Gr. other + shadow: cf. F. hétéroscien.
Definitions
  1. One who lives either north or south of the tropics, as contrasted with one who lives on the other side of them; -- so called because at noon the shadows always fall in opposite directions (the one northward, the other southward).

Webster 1913