Etymology

off-worlder

off-world·er

Today it means: One who is not from the local world (whether a dimension, plane, planet, or universe); an alien. Full definition →

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From off-world (adjective) + -er (suffix denoting a person characterized by [the adjective to which the suffix is attached]).

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