earth peoplen.

Brit.

/ˈəːθ ˌpiːpl/, U.S.

/ˈərθ ˌpip(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, people n.

Etymology: < earth n.¹ + people n., in sense 1 and 3 after earthman n. With sense 1 compare earthwoman n. 1.

†1. With capital initial. Members of an indigenous southern African people, probably identical to the Bushmen or San. Cf. earthman n. 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Bushmen

Masarwa1835

earth people1861

San1876

1861 J. Payn Richard Arbour 334 The sorrow, almost inarticulate as it was, of the two poor Earth-people, touched the hearts of both spectators deeper than the most eloquent panegyric..could possibly have done.

2. People, regarded as the inhabitants of this world, as opposed to the spiritual or supernatural realm; human beings. Cf. earth n.¹ 9a.

ΚΠ

1868 Children's Hour 3 164/1 What good do I do the earth-people, while King Sun floods the world with light by day and Queen Moon smiles on them from her serene glory by night?

1871 J. H. Mathews Bessie on her Trav. 296 God gives us our mammas; and I only meant things that earth people could give you.

1894 L. M. Turner Ethnol. Ungava District 266 When the spirits wish to communicate with the people of the earth they make a whistling noise and the earth people answer.

1908 Improvem. Era Nov. 41 As we as earth-people improve more and more.., we are heading for the time when the Son of God will come down on earth with us.

2005 Gods, Goddesses, & Mythol. 1316/1 Wanadi then decided that people should live on earth as well as in the sky... He then created earth people by smoking his pipe and dreaming of them.

3. Chiefly Science Fiction. Natives or inhabitants of the planet earth. Usually with capital initial.

ΚΠ

1871 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 467/2 It is quite conceivable that..life-germs were transferred hither from another part of the material universe; and this, if proved, would make it all the more unlikely that we earth-people should ‘discover’ the origin of life.

1902 J. K. Bangs Bikey Skicycle i. 32 So many wheelmen from the Sun and Moon and Jupiter have caused disturbances of late that we have had to forbid them coming. You are the only Earth people who have been here.

1948 Planet Comics Nov. 5 Attention, fellow Jupiterians! I have just directed the Voltamen, captured in our vivo impulses, to bring in two Earthpeople who were observing them.

1969 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 22 July 1/4 President Nixon..said today he believes that by the year 2000 Earth people will ‘have visited new worlds where there will be a form of life’.

2004 D. Duane & A. C. Crispin Star Trek: Sand & Stars 47 Earth people have this picture of Vulcans as being a great force in space.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earth people
释义	earth peoplen. Brit. /ˈəːθ ˌpiːpl/, U.S. /ˈərθ ˌpip(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: earth n.¹, people n. Etymology: < earth n.¹ + people n., in sense 1 and 3 after earthman n. With sense 1 compare earthwoman n. 1. †1. With capital initial. Members of an indigenous southern African people, probably identical to the Bushmen or San. Cf. earthman n. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of Africa > peoples of Southern Africa > [noun] > Bushmen Masarwa1835 earth people1861 San1876 1861 J. Payn Richard Arbour 334 The sorrow, almost inarticulate as it was, of the two poor Earth-people, touched the hearts of both spectators deeper than the most eloquent panegyric..could possibly have done. 2. People, regarded as the inhabitants of this world, as opposed to the spiritual or supernatural realm; human beings. Cf. earth n.¹ 9a. ΚΠ 1868 Children's Hour 3 164/1 What good do I do the earth-people, while King Sun floods the world with light by day and Queen Moon smiles on them from her serene glory by night? 1871 J. H. Mathews Bessie on her Trav. 296 God gives us our mammas; and I only meant things that earth people could give you. 1894 L. M. Turner Ethnol. Ungava District 266 When the spirits wish to communicate with the people of the earth they make a whistling noise and the earth people answer. 1908 Improvem. Era Nov. 41 As we as earth-people improve more and more.., we are heading for the time when the Son of God will come down on earth with us. 2005 Gods, Goddesses, & Mythol. 1316/1 Wanadi then decided that people should live on earth as well as in the sky... He then created earth people by smoking his pipe and dreaming of them. 3. Chiefly Science Fiction. Natives or inhabitants of the planet earth. Usually with capital initial. ΚΠ 1871 Fraser's Mag. Oct. 467/2 It is quite conceivable that..life-germs were transferred hither from another part of the material universe; and this, if proved, would make it all the more unlikely that we earth-people should ‘discover’ the origin of life. 1902 J. K. Bangs Bikey Skicycle i. 32 So many wheelmen from the Sun and Moon and Jupiter have caused disturbances of late that we have had to forbid them coming. You are the only Earth people who have been here. 1948 Planet Comics Nov. 5 Attention, fellow Jupiterians! I have just directed the Voltamen, captured in our vivo impulses, to bring in two Earthpeople who were observing them. 1969 Ironwood (Mich.) Daily Globe 22 July 1/4 President Nixon..said today he believes that by the year 2000 Earth people will ‘have visited new worlds where there will be a form of life’. 2004 D. Duane & A. C. Crispin Star Trek: Sand & Stars 47 Earth people have this picture of Vulcans as being a great force in space. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861
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