earthman
noun
a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
earthmen
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pluralof earthman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The stories "were connected by the repeated theme that earthmen are despoilers and not developers", according to the FBI.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2012
The earthmen begin to wonder whether the planners of their glorious mission "had invested billions and lifted mountains in order to find a civilization gone berserk."
From Time Magazine Archive
So when earthmen land on a foreign planet, they had better not eat the indigenous plants or animals; if they do, they will be poisoned, or at least will not be nourished.
From Time Magazine Archive
Such a "Faustian"* universe, he says, would be unobservable by earthmen because Faustian matter would not in teract with normal matter; it would separate out into planets, solar systems and galaxies of its own.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was like groping in the dark, yet the earthmen knew it had been done before, and the dome men showed no fear.
From Wanted—7 Fearless Engineers! by Frederick Orlin Tremaine
