Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One, especially a human, that inhabits the planet Earth.
- noun A person devoted to the world; a worldling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An inhabitant of the earth; a creature of this world; a mortal.
- noun One strongly attached to worldly things; a worldling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative capitalization of
Earthling
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an inhabitant of the earth
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Examples
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God plants a garden in a place called Eden (Genesis 2: 8) and puts the human "earthling" there.
Norman Wirzba: Gardening with God Norman Wirzba 2010
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If I was a "gleiser" instead of an earthling I'd be almost 700 by now.
Wes Nisker: Just Another Planet Wes Nisker 2011
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Based on that set of data—which is the equivalent of a single case series—the alien would assume that all earthling children born in New York were boys and that they all were actors with a penchant for appearing in the tabloids.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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The image, taken in 1966 by NASA's robotic probe Lunar Orbiter 1, presented a stunning juxtaposition of planet and moon that no earthling had ever seen before.
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Based on that set of data—which is the equivalent of a single case series—the alien would assume that all earthling children born in New York were boys and that they all were actors with a penchant for appearing in the tabloids.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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If I was a "gleiser" instead of an earthling I'd be almost 700 by now.
Wes Nisker: Just Another Planet Wes Nisker 2011
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Between devastating earthquakes rattling people's faith in god, Glenn Beck's maniacal fundamentalism rattling people's faith in democracy, and Kevin Smith's dual inability to direct a film or fit in an airplane seat rattling people's faith in cinema, this is a pretty rough time to be an earthling.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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If I was a "gleiser" instead of an earthling I'd be almost 700 by now.
Wes Nisker: Just Another Planet Wes Nisker 2011
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Between devastating earthquakes rattling people's faith in god, Glenn Beck's maniacal fundamentalism rattling people's faith in democracy, and Kevin Smith's dual inability to direct a film or fit in an airplane seat rattling people's faith in cinema, this is a pretty rough time to be an earthling.
Dark Awakenings and Cosmic Horror : The Lovecraft News Network 2010
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If I was a "gleiser" instead of an earthling I'd be almost 700 by now.
Wes Nisker: Just Another Planet Wes Nisker 2011
rolig commented on the word earthling
Note to GHibbs: This is not the present participle of "earthle".
September 15, 2011
sionnach commented on the word earthling
Ooh, goody! Scurries off to add it to "How do you like Kipling?" list ...
September 15, 2011