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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Changeling \Change"ling\, a. Taken or left in place of another; changed. ``A little changeling boy.'' --Shak. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] Some are so studiously changeling. --Boyle.
Wikipedia
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Changeling is the second studio album by the Irish rock musician Camille O'Sullivan , released on 4 February 2012 on Little Cat Records. Recorded throughout 2011 at various recording studios in Dublin with producers and musicians Feargal Murray and Eanna ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1550s, "one given to change," from change (n.) + diminutive suffix -ling . Meaning "person or thing left in place of one secretly taken" is from 1560s; specific reference to an infant or young child (usually stupid or ugly) supposedly left by the faeries ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context mythology English) In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology, an infant of a fairy, sprite or troll that the creature has secretly exchanged for a human infant. 2 (context informal rare English) An infant secretly exchanged with another ...
Usage examples of changeling.
When the cubs are able to integrate their minds and bodies at a new level of awareness they become Changelings.
I should eat the searfruit after the cubs have become Changelings, would you help me?
At first Selena thought that Shimm had outdistanced the other life units, but then she realized that the Changelings were stationing themselves along the passageway to sec that the cubs came to no harm.
To conceive, raise, and control two cubs takes the total effort of four Changelings.
For I am a changeling, born of the troll-woman Gora by Imric, and left in place of the baby who became Skafloc.
In this case, Shakespeare mistakenly refers to the stolen normal child as the changeling.
I dreamed that Vrech carried Wylles to the upperworld and brought a changeling down.
Apparently the Changelings did not classify life by physical structure, but by degree of awareness.
Selena and the Changelings grappled with their limited ability to communicate until all five were tired.
With Selena firmly settled, Shimm led the Changelings across the small life zone to the edge of the rocks where a large patch of die silvery manna grew.
The Changelings increased their pace with the additional light until the passageway widened into a bell-shaped chamber festooned with lambent strings of vegetation.
The Changelings were in fusion, their opalescent eyes fixed upon the remaining manna.
She sensed a flow of energy from Changelings to manna and was reminded of the strength which Shimm had once given to her.
Instantly the Changelings defended the cub, tails lashing like whips as they sought to pierce the leathery skin of the torlen with poison darts.
Several Changelings moved slowly across the cavern, gathering dead torlen.