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planetsider

planetsider noun: someone who lives on a planet.

Noun

planetsider (plural planetsiders)

  1. Someone who lives on a planet.
    • Todd knew billions of planetsiders were watching, most of Earth. What would they make of this? They had to take the threat seriously. Pat had to make them understand—as he hadn't made them imderstand the true significance of the alien messenger.1981, Juanita Coulson, Tomorrow's Heritage, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, page 349
    • Her chest was hurting already — no star-traveller had the stamina to outrun a planetsider—and she knew she could not keep up her pace for much longer.1985, Melissa Scott, Five-Twelfths of Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 307

Examples of planetsider in a sentence

  • The passers-by were mostly planetsiders, some so recent you could see they had trouble handling low-G movement.1989, Larry Niven, Man-Kzin Wars II, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 216:
  • "So youre not a planetsider." Raine laughed.2011, Garth Nix, A Confusion of Princes, London: HarperCollins Children's Books, →ISBN, page 209:

Forms of planetsider

pluralplanetsiders

Origin of planetsider

From planetside + -er.

Questions about planetsider

What does planetsider mean?
Planetsider means someone who lives on a planet.
How do you use planetsider in a sentence?
The passers-by were mostly planetsiders, some so recent you could see they had trouble handling low-G movement.
What part of speech is planetsider?
Planetsider is a noun.
What is the plural of planetsider?
The plural of planetsider is planetsiders.

Words near planetsider in the dictionary

  1. planetscapes
  2. planetsful
  3. planetship
  4. planetships
  5. planetside
  6. planetsider
  7. planetsiders
  8. planetule
  9. planetules
  10. planetward
  11. planetwards

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