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earthling

[ urth-ling ]

noun

  1. an inhabitant of earth; mortal.


earthling

/ ˈɜːθlɪŋ /

noun

  1. (esp in poetry or science fiction) an inhabitant of the earth; human being
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of earthling1

First recorded in 1585–95; earth + -ling 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of earthling1

C16: from earth + ling 1
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Example Sentences

Our quest to understand the brain’s connections is a bit like aliens trying to understand Earthlings from outer space.

Soon there could also be a geographic gulf, with the wealthiest not just living above us but beyond us, as billionaires like Elon Musk plan private spaceship missions to the moon, Mars and other places far from the problems of mere earthlings.

From Ozy

A few of your earthling scientists have begun to catch on a little bit to this idea.

In fact, the lunar body gave earthlings a cause to celebrate after NASA confirmed the presence of water on its cratery surface.

Before us Earthlings embark on a seven-month sojourn to the Red Planet—or any other celestial location—we need to understand how the harsh conditions of space can affect our bodies.

Aerial love is but an earthling still, It must come down for food or mortal die, And what but virtues feed it?

Forential had shown him pictures of female Lyrians; and this girl—but for the fact she was an earthling—would have been beautiful.

The normal earthling is just like you are right now: unable to use more than one sixth of his brain.

Come closer, Earthling, the manythoughts spoke inside his head, soothingly.

Perhaps, he thought, he was more of an Earthling than three generations of Martian heredity made likely.

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