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Changeling

Changeling Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Changeling? [n] a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy [n] a person of subnormal intelligence Synonyms \| Synonyms for Changeling: cretin \| half-wit \| idiot \| imbecile \| moron \| retard Related Terms \| Find terms related to Changeling: agent \| alternate \| alternative \| analogy \| backup \| change \| comparison \| copy \| counterfeit \| deputy \| double \| dummy \| elf child \| equal \| equivalent \| ersatz \| exchange \| fake \| fill-in \| ghost \| ghostwriter \| imitation \| locum tenens \| makeshift \| metaphor \| metonymy \| next best thing \| personnel \| phony \| pinch hitter \| proxy \| relief \| replacement \| representative \| reserves \| ringer \| second string \| secondary \| sign \| spares \| stand-in \| sub \| substituent \| substitute \| substitution \| succedaneum \| superseder \| supplanter \| surrogate \| symbol \| synecdoche \| third string \| token \| understudy \| utility player \| vicar \| vice-president \| vice-regent See Also \| child \| fry \| kid \| minor \| nestling \| nipper \| shaver \| simple \| simpleton \| small fry \| tiddler \| tike \| tyke \| youngster Changeling In Webster's Dictionary \Change"ling\, n. [Change + -ling.] 1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. --Spenser. The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. --Shak. 2. A simpleton; an idiot. --Macaulay. Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out. Wildly we roam in discontent about. --Dryden. 3. One apt to change; a waverer. ``Fickle changelings.'' --Shak. \Change"ling\, a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. ``A little changeling boy.'' --Shak. 2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. --Boyle.

Changeling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Changeling?

[n] a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
[n] a person of subnormal intelligence

Changeling In Webster's Dictionary

\Change"ling\, n. [Change + -ling.]
1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of
   another, as a child exchanged by fairies.

         Such, men do changelings call, so changed by
         fairies' theft.                       --Spenser.

         The changeling [a substituted writing] never known.
                                               --Shak.

2. A simpleton; an idiot. --Macaulay.

         Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut
         out.

         Wildly we roam in discontent about. --Dryden.

3. One apt to change; a waverer. ``Fickle changelings.''
   --Shak.


\Change"ling\, a.
1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. ``A little
   changeling boy.'' --Shak.

2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.]

         Some are so studiously changeling.    --Boyle.

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