earthling
pronunciation
How to pronounce earthling in British English:
UK [ˈɜ:θlɪŋ]
How to pronounce earthling in American English:
US [ˈɜrθlɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- an inhabitant of the earth
Word Origin
- earthling (n.)
- Old English yrþling "plowman" (see earth + -ling); the sense of "inhabitant of the earth" is from 1590s and might be a re-formation, as the word seems to be missing in Middle English. Compare earthman. Earlier in this sense was earthite (1825).
Example
- 1. They certainly believed that I was an earthling .
- 2. It is a space alien , it is not earthling .
- 3. Types and safety technical requirements of system earthling .
- 4. Isn 't that an earthling ? Did we have one of those ?
- 5. That is a very earthling question to ask , mr. pilgrim .