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单词 off-worlder
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off-worldern.

Brit. /ˌɒfˈwəːldə/, U.S. /ˈɔfˈwərldər/, /ˈɑfˈwərldər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off-world adj., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < off-world adj. + -er suffix1.
Science Fiction.
A person or being from another world or planet; an alien.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > extraterrestrial inhabitant
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1957 A. Norton Star Born 187 It might be easy, now that he had established mental contact with this off-worlder, for the other to pick up a thought as vivid as that.
1962 ‘C. Smith’ in Galaxy Oct. 26/2 Maybe the offworlder tried.
1974 U. K. Le Guin Dispossessed (1975) i. 2 The aliens, the off-worlders, stayed hiding in their ship.
1999 M. J. Friedman My Brother's Keeper ii. ix. 139 After all, no Sordinian had ever benefited from contact with offworlders.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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