Earthie
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Noun
    
Earthie (plural Earthies)
- (science fiction, informal, often derogatory) An inhabitant of the Earth.
-  1947 October, Pohl, Frederik, “Donovan Had a Dream”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 30, number 1, page 27:- "Earthgirl?" the guard repeated. "She didn't look like an Earthie."
 
-  1963 May, Jakes, John, “Underfollow”, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, volume 24, number 5 (#144 overall), page 66:- The blue men of Mica II discriminated against Earthies, considered them inferior since the Micans had conquered the Earthies a hundred years ago.
 
 
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Synonyms
    
- Earthling, Terran, Tellurian, see also Thesaurus:Earthling
Antonyms
    
- alien, extraterrestrial, see also Thesaurus:extraterrestrial
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References
    
- Jeff Prucher, editor (2007), “Earthie”, in Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 45.
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