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EARTHLING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does earthling mean?
• EARTHLING (noun)
The noun EARTHLING has 1 sense:
1. an inhabitant of the earth
Familiarity information: EARTHLING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An inhabitant of the earth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
earthling; earthman; tellurian; worldling
Hypernyms ("earthling" is a kind of...):
denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)
Derivation:
earth (the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on)
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