changeling
changeling
Definition
change·ling (-liŋ)
noun
- a child secretly put in the place of another; esp., in folk tales, one exchanged in this way by fairies
- Archaic a changeable person; turncoat
- Archaic a feeble-minded person
changeling
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- keep: The first is, of course, Banality, which will keep Changelings away from most mundane interactions with other PCs.
- leave: They often tried to carry away newborn babies, leaving a changeling in their place.
- make: I for one would not resubmit her, and no offense to death, I wouldn't make a new changeling either.
Adjective modifier
- artificial: Artificial Changelings has a musical score by composer Peter Scherer; in Spectropia the viewer can alter and create the soundtrack.
Modifies a noun
- child: Remember the illustration, right at the beginning of the book, of the changeling child?
Noun used with modifier
- fairy: But then one terrible night, Blue is stolen and an ugly fairy changeling is left in her place.
Browse dictionary entries near changeling
- changelessness
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- Changhua
- changing
- Changsha
- Changteh
- Changzhou
- channel
- channel-associated signaling
- channel bank
