off-worlder

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English

WOTD – 21 October 2023

Etymology

From off-world (adjective) +‎ -er (suffix denoting a person characterized by ).[1]

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Noun

off-worlder (plural off-worlders)

  1. (fantasy, science fiction) One who is not from the local world (whether a dimension, plane, planet, or universe); an alien.
    • 1955, Andre Norton [pseudonym; Alice Mary Norton], “Classic move to Disaster”, in Star Guard, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 58:
      So? On your world you do as custom rules. Customs are different here, off-worlder.
    • 1974, Ursula K[roeber] Le Guin, chapter 3, in The Dispossessed, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, published July 1975, →ISBN, page 63:
      The distinguished scientist, winner of the Seo Oren Prize for service to all nations through science, has accepted a professorship at Ieu Eun University, an honor never before accorded to an off-worlder.
    • 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City, Calif.: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Korlus:
      TRAVEL ADVISORY: Korlus ranks second in murder per capita in the Terminus Systems and first in offworlder murder. Civilian traffic is encouraged to employ security professionals when visiting.

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  1. ^ “off-worlder, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2022; “off-worlder, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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