earthsman

English

Etymology

From Earth +‎ -s- +‎ man.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəːθsmən/

Noun

earthsman (plural earthsmen)

  1. (now rare) Someone from the planet Earth; an Earthman, an Earthling.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      For years he knows not the land; so that when he comes to it at last, it smells like another world, more strangely than the moon would to an Earthsman.

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