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Definition of Earthmen
1. earthman [n] - See also: earthman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthmen
Literary usage of Earthmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. After the Storm by John Edwin Hilary Skinner (1866)
"The earthmen of this locality are not given to toiling for the purpose of ...
I must say again that they do not toil as real romantic earthmen should, ..."
2. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1854)
"THE so-called earthmen, from the Orange-river, South Africa, have been exhibited
and described to the Ethnological Society. They consist of a boy and girl, ..."
3. Judith, Phœnix, and Other Anglo-Saxon Poems by John Lesslie Hall (1902)
"Went, then, the Holy One the heavens seeking, The King of all Kings, kindly upward
To the pure home above: there help waiteth for 980 Each one of earthmen ..."
4. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1854)
"THE so-called earthmen, from the Orange-river, South Africa, have been exhibited
and described to the Ethnological Society. They consist of a boy and girl, ..."
5. Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem by John Lesslie Hall, Lesslie Hall, Ino Lesslie Hall (1892)
"The monster intended some one of earthmen In the hall-building grand to entrap
and make way with; He went under welkin where well he knew of The wine-joyous ..."
6. German Popular Tales and Household Stories by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm (1869)
"They told the Princess when they had finished, and she, rapping on the ground as
before three times with her knotted handkerchief, cried, "earthmen, ..."
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