a native or inhabitant of earth; = Terrestrial n.
This rocket squad was composed almost solely of Terrestrians, for they were used to the greater gravity of Earth, and could stand greater acceleration than could Venerians.
You better hand me those Planet Stories, or i'll blast you out of the universe, you miserable Terrestrian!
In fact, I imported half a dozen Terrestrians five years back on agricultural laborer visas so they could oversee the robots. Now they can do wonders with the land, you know. Where they spit, corn grows fifteen feet high. Well, that helped a little. And using Terrestrian seed helped. But even if you grow Terrestrian grain, its seed wonβt hold the next year.
How would it look for the First Administrator to go limping around the galaxies explaining that he was behind schedule because his ship got wrecked on Sol III and the Terrestrians were incapable of matching his drives?
antedating 1930
John W. Campbell, Jr., 'The Black Star Passes'
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