earth personn.
/ˈəːθ ˌpəːsn/, U.S. /ˈərθ ˌpərsən/ 1. A person regarded as an inhabitant of this world, as opposed to the spiritual or supernatural realm; a human being. Cf. earth n.1 9a.
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the world > people > person > [noun] > distinguished from immortal
mortalc1485
deathling1605
sublunarian1710
earth person1879
1879 Woman's Work for Woman Apr. 110 Surely the gods have come down to us in the likeness of men, for no earth-person would be so loving.
1919 L. K. Jones God's World I. ii. 30 The merit of the teachings that the spirit-friend brings to assist the earth-person to live his life to greater advantage to his own development.
1959 Garden City (Kansas) Telegram 26 Aug. 4/2 The fairy tales in which some other-world creature granted an earth person three wishes always fascinated us.
2000 Khin Thant Han tr. L. U. Hla in G. Abbott & Khin Thant Han Folk-tales Burma 87 Do the earth people like dying so much? All right! From this day onwards may each and every earth person be mortal!
2. Originally and chiefly Science Fiction. A native or inhabitant of the planet earth. Usually with capital initial.
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1953 J. J. Ferrat in Fantastic Universe June 37/1 No other Earth-person has ever been able to make the grade.
1965 Guardian 15 Nov. 4/5 Only about 36 earth persons seized the opportunity in Barnsley at the weekend of hearing messages from Highly Advanced Intelligences in outer space.
1986 J. F. Randolph & K. M. Armer tr. K. M. Armer in F. Pohl & E. A. Hull Tales from Planet Earth 216 Every Earth person who's been taken over by outerspacers should participate in meetings.
2004 D. Duane & A. C. Crispin Star Trek: Sand & Stars 74 I wonder where the other Vulcans have been getting their data; whether they have even met an Earth person.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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