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Meanings of worldling in English

Portuguese
terráqueo
Catalan
terrícola

An inhabitant of the earth.

        terráqueo
        Usage of worldling in English
        1
        She must be a worldling in the best sense of the word.
        Manners and Social Usages
        2
        Poor weakling, and worldling, you are not strong enough to face yourself!
        Dream Life: A Fable of the Seasons
        3
        The worldling has his sneer at this as at the services of religion.
        Woman in the Nineteenth Century / and Kindred Papers Relating to...
        4
        Spring Chicken had remained passive during the recital of the more sober worldling.
        Four Years in Rebel Capitals / An Inside View of Life in the Sou...
        5
        And I, all the time, am a worldling, and a modern.
        Lady Rose's Daughter
        6
        Perish the base worldling who thought either of danger or remuneration!
        The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 / An Historical Novel
        7
        Then the worldling becomes the patron of the artist and the two are reconciled.
        The Principles of Aesthetics
        8
        But I stayed where I was, the earthiest worldling in a dress of unworldliness.
        Patchwork: A Story of 'The Plain People'
        9
        This was nearer Bayswater, and it was very pleasant for the fading old worldling.
        Charlotte's Inheritance
        10
        Saint and sinner, ascetic and worldling, united in its practice.
        The Inner Life / Part 3 from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittie...
        11
        Happily, an idler and a worldling like myself is not supposed to know much.
        The Lovels of Arden
        12
        For this Drake calls him "a meer worldling and an odious time-server."
        Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of York / A Description ...
        13
        This the worldling translated and the murder was out.
        Four Years in Rebel Capitals / An Inside View of Life in the Sou...
        14
        The first he calleth a blessed man, but brandeth the other for an unsanctified worldling.
        Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
        15
        This, as an experienced worldling-experiencedin such a volume-hewas soon very able to do.
        Charlemont; Or, The Pride of the Village. a Tale of Kentucky
        16
        I came to pay my respects to a philosopher, and I find a sordid worldling.
        The Odd Women
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        Catalan
        terrícola
        Worldling through the time
        Worldling across language varieties
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