earthman

[ urth-man, -muhn ]

noun

, plural earth·men [urth, -men, -m, uh, n].

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

earthman

/ ˈɜːθˌmæn /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of earthman¹

First recorded in 1855–60; earth + man

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.

From Washington Post

Apparently, many earthmen needs a complete moral makeover.

From New York Times

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

From The Guardian

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg