Meaning of CHANGELING
| Pronunciation: | | 'cheynjling
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- [n] a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
- [n] a person of subnormal intelligence
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| | Synonyms: | | cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard |
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| | See Also: | | child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, simple, simpleton, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster | |
| Webster's 1913 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.
\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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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