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A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
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changeling
Word definitions for changeling in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot , imbecile , cretin , moron , half-wit , retard ] a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
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 ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Changeling is a 1980 fantasy novel by Roger Zelazny . It was nominated for a Locus Award in 1981, and was followed by a sequel, Madwand .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Changeling \Change"ling\, n. [Change + -ling.] 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 ...
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 ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He was the changeling of the classic tale, thrust on good people, who was to repay good with evil.
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.