Changeling

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• Changeling — Change ling, a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. A little changeling boy. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Changeling — Change ling, n. [Change + ling.] 1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies. [1913 Webster] Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies theft. Spenser. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• changeling — (n.) 1550s, one given to change, from CHANGE (Cf. change) + dim. suffix LING (Cf. 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 …   Etymology dictionary

• changeling — ► NOUN ▪ a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents real child …   English terms dictionary

• changeling — [chānj′liŋ] n. 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 …   English World dictionary

• Changeling — For other uses, see Changeling (disambiguation). Trolls with the changeling they have raised, John Bauer, 1913. A changeling is a creature found in Western European folklore and folk religion. It is typically described as being the offspring of a …   Wikipedia

• Changeling — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Der fremde Sohn Originaltitel: Changeling Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2008 Länge: ca. 140 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Changeling — El término Changeling puede hacer referencia a: Changeling (película), una película estadounidense. Changeling: el ensueño, un juego de rol. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título. Si llegaste aquí a… …   Wikipedia Español

• changeling — [[t]tʃe͟ɪnʤlɪŋ[/t]] changelings N COUNT A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies. [LITERARY] I have always felt like a changeling born …   English dictionary

• changeling — UK [ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms changeling : singular changeling plural changelings in stories, a child believed to have been left by fairies when they stole the real child from its parents …   English dictionary