dirtsider
dirtsider noun: someone who lives on the surface of a planet or moon, as opposed to in space.
Noun
dirtsider (plural dirtsiders)
- Someone who lives on the surface of a planet or moon, as opposed to in space.
- He really hadn't been in space before. You can always tell a dirtsider by the twinkle in their eyes at the idea of seeing their planet from above.1998, Jerry Oltion, Where Sea Meets Sky, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 23
- So you tell me, Senyor Parrige, how many habitats would be willing to take on their maximum possible population load in the form of half-starved, uneducated, indigent, disease-ridden dirtsiders who know nothing of habitat life and have no skills that are of much use in space?2001, Roger MacBride Allen, The Depths of Time, Random House, →ISBN, page 378
Forms of dirtsider
| plural | dirtsiders |
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Origin of dirtsider
From dirtside + -er.
Questions about dirtsider
- What does dirtsider mean?
- Dirtsider means someone who lives on the surface of a planet or moon, as opposed to in space.
- What part of speech is dirtsider?
- Dirtsider is a noun.
- What is the plural of dirtsider?
- The plural of dirtsider is dirtsiders.
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