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changeling Definition

change·ling (-liŋ)

noun

  1. a child secretly put in the place of another; esp., in folk tales, one exchanged in this way by fairies
  2. Archaic a changeable person; turncoat
  3. 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.