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earthling
CIDE DICTIONARY
earthling, n. [Earth + -ling.].
An inhabitant of the earth; a mortal. [1913 Webster]
"Earthlings oft her deemed a deity." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
earthling, n. an inhabitant of the earth, esp. as regarded in fiction by outsiders.
THESAURUS
earthling
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Mankind
N man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.For further exploring for "earthling" in Webster Dictionary Online