Full record for earthborn adj.

Definition	also 'earth-born'; originating on the planet Earth, as opposed to outer space or another celestial body
OED requirements	antedating 1900
Earliest cite	George Griffith, 'A Honeymoon in Space'
Comment	Ralf Brown submitted cites from the 1900 serialization of George Griffith's "A Honeymoon in Space" Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1951 reprint of Isaac Asimov's "Mother Earth", which Mike Christie verified in the 1949 first publication. Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1974 reprint of Gordon Dickson's "The Bleak and Barren Land", which Mike Christie verified in the 1953 first publication. Karen Holland submitted a 1979 cite for "earth-born" from Kevin O'Donnell Jr's "Mayflies", Fred Galvin submitted a cite for "Earth-born" from a 1961 reprint of Edmond Hamilton's 1950 story "The City at World's End" Fred Galvin submitted a 1932 cite from "The Last Woman", by Thomas D. Gardner. Fred Galvin submitted a 1960 cite from Alan E. Nourse's "Nine Planets" OED's current definition is "Born on the earth; of earthly or mortal race, as opposed to angelic or divine."
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Citations for earthborn adj.

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1932 T. D. Gardner Last Woman in Wonder Stories Apr. 1240/2	Pardon me, I had forgotten. A. D. was the abbreviation of two words Anno Domini. They referred to the supposed birth of one of the gods in one of the primitive religions, just which one I am not sure since several claimed the Earth-born god as their own.
1940 M. Jameson Quicksands of Youthwardness in Astonishing Stories Oct. 22/1	‘Never mind those,’ said their guide, rather contemptuously, ‘being Earthborn you are in a favored class.’
1993 K. S. Robinson Green Mars 439	So now, as the grinning Earthborn hydrologists showed her as she stepped into an observation gallery cut into the side of the lava tube ‥