[f. mod.L. androīdes (also used), f. Gr. ἀνδρο- man + -εἰδης -like: see -OID.] An automaton resembling a human being.
1727–52. Chambers, Cycl., s.v., Albertus Magnus is recorded as having made a famous androides.
1819. Pantolog., s.v., M. de Kempelen … constructed an androides capable of playing at chess.
1847. Craig, Android.
