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earthman

[ urth-man, -muhn ]

noun

plural earthmen
  1. a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.


earthman

/ ˈɜːθˌæ /

noun

  1. (esp in science fiction) an inhabitant or native of the earth
“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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Origin of earthman1

First recorded in 1855–60; earth + man
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Example Sentences

Then there’s “Arena,” in which an earthman and an alien must fight each other to the death, with the fate of their respective civilizations hanging on the outcome.

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Apparently, many earthmen needs a complete moral makeover.

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The stories "were connected by the repeated theme that earthmen are despoilers and not developers", according to the FBI.

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Every earthman who killed an earthman was depriving him personally, of a victim.

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He then tripped a lever which fed a month's supply of the earthmen's fuel into the ship's almost empty reaction chambers.

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