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English Dictionary: worldling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
worldling
n
  1. a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world
  2. an inhabitant of the earth
    Synonym(s): tellurian, earthling, earthman, worldling
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Worldling \World"ling\, [World + -ling.]
      A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions;
      one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.
  
               A foutre for the world and worldlings base. --Shak.
  
               If we consider the expectations of futurity, the
               worldling gives up the argument.            --Rogers.
  
               And worldlings blot the temple's gold.   --Keble.
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