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A child secretly exchanged for another.
Archaic A changeable, fickle person.Archaic A person of deficient intelligence.
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Share This changeling noun 1. a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot ] 2. a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
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Share This changeling [ˈtʃeindʒliŋ] noun
a child secretly left in place of another by the fairies
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Arabic: طِفْلٌ مَبْدولٌ Chinese (Simplified): 偷换后留下的婴孩 Chinese (Traditional): 偷換後留下的嬰孩 Czech: podvržené dítě Danish: forbyttet barn Dutch: wisselkind Estonian: vahetatud laps Finnish: vaihdokas French: enfant substitué, *-ée (par les fées) German: der Wechselbalg Greek: παιδί που έχει μπει στη θέση κπ. άλλου Hungarian: elcserélt gyermek Icelandic: umskiptingur Indonesian: anak yang ditukar pada waktu bayi Italian: (bambino lasciato in luogo di un altro rapito dalle fate)
Japanese: 取替え子 Korean: (선녀들이) 바꿔친 아이 Latvian: laumu atstāts bērns Lithuanian: laumukas Norwegian: bytting Polish: odmieniec Portuguese (Brazil): criança trocada (pelas fadas) Portuguese (Portugal): criança trocada Romanian: copil schimbat (înlocuit de zâne) Russian: подменённое дитя Slovak: podvrhnuté dieťa Slovenian: podtaknjen otrok Spanish: niño sustituido por otro Swedish: bortbyting Turkish: periler tarafından değiştirildiği varsayılan çocuk
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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