Earthling

Definitions

1. An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of heaven.
2. One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Earthling.
   alt-of
4. An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth.
5. A person who is materialistic or worldly; a worldling.
   archaic

Equivalents

Examples

“VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?”

“Eoꞃðlinᵹ [Eorthling], is a Husbandman, or Earthling.”

“And we have⟳ not imagination enough to believe⟳, that either the Danish boors, who were earthlings (yrthlingas) in the country, or the Danish soldiers, who, as history tells us, were dandies at the court of King Canute, could, in the brief space of twenty years, have⟳ so overlaid or interlarded the pure Anglo-Saxon with their provincialisms, as to give⟳ it a new character, and thus form⟳ a new period in its history, as was afterwards done by the Normans.”

“VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?”

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