Changeling Definition

chānjlĭng
changelings
noun
changelings
A child secretly exchanged for another by fairies.
Webster's New World
A changeable person; turncoat.
Webster's New World
A feeble-minded person.
Webster's New World

(science fiction and fantasy) An organism which can change shape to mimic others.

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Noun

Singular:
changeling
Plural:
changelings

Origin of Changeling

  • change +‎ -ling

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Changeling Sentence Examples

  • They often tried to carry away newborn babies, leaving a changeling in their place.

  • They carry off children, leaving changeling substitutes, transport men and women into fairyland, and are generally the causes of all mysterious phenomena.

  • The fairy changeling belief also exists in some districts of Argyll, and a fairy boy dwelt long in a small farm-house in Glencoe, now unoccupied.

  • A changeling that lives is rejected by fairies, and they don't really belong with their human families either.

  • Evil fairies are said to steal souls and leave behind a creature known as a changeling.

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