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WORLDLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does worldling mean? 

WORLDLING (noun)
  The noun WORLDLING has 2 senses:

1. a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present worldplay

2. an inhabitant of the earthplay

  Familiarity information: WORLDLING used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WORLDLING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("worldling" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)


Sense 2

Meaning:

An inhabitant of the earth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

earthling; earthman; tellurian; worldling

Hypernyms ("worldling" is a kind of...):

denizen; dweller; habitant; indweller; inhabitant (a person who inhabits a particular place)


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