(esp in science fiction) a woman who inhabits the planet earth
earthwoman in American English
(ˈɜːrθˌwumən)
nounWord forms: plural-women
a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth
Word origin
[1900–05; earth(man) + woman]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, cathode-ray tube, elder statesman, hormone, internship