planetsider

English

Etymology

From planetside +‎ -er.

Noun

planetsider (plural planetsiders)

1. (science fiction) Someone who lives on a planet.
   • 1981, Juanita Coulson, Tomorrow's Heritage, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey Books, page 349:

     Todd knew billions of planetsiders were watching, most of Earth. What would they make of this? They had to take the threat seriously. Pat had to make them understand—as he hadn't made them imderstand the true significance of the alien messenger.

   • 1985, Melissa Scott, Five-Twelfths of Heaven, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 307:

     Her chest was hurting already — no star-traveller had the stamina to outrun a planetsider—and she knew she could not keep up her pace for much longer.

   • 1989, Larry Niven, Man-Kzin Wars II, New York, N.Y.: Baen Books, →ISBN, page 216:

     The passers-by were mostly planetsiders, some so recent you could see they had trouble handling low-G movement.

   • 2011, Garth Nix, A Confusion of Princes, London: HarperCollins Children's Books, →ISBN, page 209:

     "So youre not a planetsider." Raine laughed. "A dirtgrubber? Of course not. I'm from the Habitat. Gryphon torus."

Related terms

• dirtsider
• Earthsider
• groundsider
• landsider
• Moonsider
• spacesider

Anagrams

• Peter Island, interpleads, interlapsed