[OE. woruldman, f. woruld WORLD sb. + MAN sb.1]

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  1.  A man of this world, a human being.

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a. 900.  Cynewulf, Crist, 1016. Woruldmonna seo unclæne ʓecynd.

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a. 1000.  Boeth. Metr., xxviii. 10. An þara tungla woruldmen hatað wænes þisla.

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c. 1205.  Lay., 28131. Nulleþ [hii] hit biginne for nane weorld-monne [later text worle-þinge].

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1852.  Bailey, Festus (ed. 5), 341. The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

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  † 2.  A man who is devoted to this world; a worldling. Obs.

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a. 1225.  Leg. Kath., 881. Ichulle fordon þe wisdom of þeos wise world men.

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1601.  Bp. W. Barlow, Eagle & Body (1609), E 2 b. An infallible note, he will not say of a reprobate, but certainly of a worldman, not yet regenerate.

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