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earthlings

earthlings is the plural of earthling.

Meaning of earthling

Noun

earthling (plural earthlings)

  1. (obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman.
    • Eoꞃðlinᵹ [Eorthling], is a Husbandman, or Earthling.1714, John Fortescue-Aland [i.e., John Fortescue Aland, 1st Baron Fortescue of Credan], “Hereafter is Schewyd, What of the Kyngs Lyvelood Gevyn Away, may Best be Takyn Ageyne”, in John Fortescue, The...

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Noun capitalized: Earthlings

Earthlings

  1. (plural) plural of Earthling

Questions about earthlings

What is earthlings the plural of?
Earthlings is the plural of earthling.
What part of speech is earthlings?
Earthlings is a noun.

Words near earthlings in the dictionary

  1. earthlights
  2. earthlike
  3. earthliness
  4. earthlinesses
  5. earthling
  6. earthlings
  7. earthlit
  8. earthlore
  9. earthly
  10. earthly branch
  11. earthly branches

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