earthwoman

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UK/ˈɜːθˌwʊm.ən/US/ˈɝθˌwʊm.ən/

noun

A female inhabitant of Earth.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

earthwoman1

nounearthwoman (plural earthwomen)

plural earthwomen

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Earthwoman.

Earthwoman2

nounEarthwoman (plural Earthwomen)

plural Earthwomen

  1. usuallyliteratureA female inhabitant of Earth.
    1 more example

    One was what had been born in me, what had been inextricably entangled in the structure of the germ cell from which I had been created; the other remembered all the long years on Earth when I, in common with every other Earthman and Earthwoman, had been flexed and shaped by the insistent pounding of the Combine; my brain had been conditioned to believe what it was desired that I should believe, and nothing beyond that.

    1934 September, Frank King Kelly, “Famine on Mars”, in Astounding Stories, volume 14, number 1, page 77

Origin

  1. EnglishEarth
  2. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  4. Old Englishwīf
  5. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  6. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  8. Old Englishmann
  9. Old Englishwīfmann
  10. Middle Englishwoman
  11. EnglishEarthwoman

From Earth + -woman.

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APA

earthwoman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthwoman

MLA

“earthwoman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthwoman. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “earthwoman,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/earthwoman.

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