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changeling
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change·ling  (chnjlng)
n.
1. A child secretly exchanged for another.
2. Archaic A changeable, fickle person.
3. Archaic A person of deficient intelligence.

changeling
Noun
a child believed to have been exchanged by fairies for the parents' real child
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.changelingchangeling - a person of subnormal intelligence  
mongoloid - a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense)
simpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
2.changeling - a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
child, kid, minor, nipper, tiddler, youngster, tike, shaver, small fry, nestling, fry, tyke - a young person of either sex; "she writes books for children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term for youngster"
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changeling
n changeling [ˈtʃeindʒliŋ]
a child secretly left in place of another by the fairies etc. wisselkindطِفْلٌ مَبْدولٌсменено дете (особ. в приказките)podvržené dítěforbyttet barnder Wechselbalgπαιδί που έχει μπει στη θέση κπ. άλλουniño sustituido por otrovahetatud lapsبچه ای که پریان به جای بچه ای که دزدیده اند می گذارندvaihdokasenfant substitué/-ée (par les fées)יֶלֶד מוּחלַףपरियों द्वारा बदला हुआ बच्चाpodmetnuto dijeteelcserélt gyermekanak yang ditukar pada waktu bayiumskiptingur(bambino lasciato in luogo di un altro rapito dalle fate)取替え子(선녀들이) 바꿔친 아이laumukaslaumu atstāts bērnsanak yang ditukar pada waktu bayiwisselkindbyttingodmienieccriança trocadacopil schimbat (înlocuit de zâne)подменённое дитяpodvrhnuté dieťapodtaknjen otrokzamenjena bebabortbytingเด็กที่ถูกแอบสับเปลี่ยนperiler tarafından değiştirildiği varsayılan çocuk偷換後留下的嬰孩таємно підмінене ельфами дитяپریوں کا کسی بچے کو تبدیل کرناsự đánh tráo

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Readers of the former CHANGELINGS who enjoyed the authors' return to the sentient planet Petaybeee will also want MAELSTROM, the ongoing saga which tells of a planet's formation of a new island to harbor a group of new refugees.
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The superbly crafted and enthusiastically recommended poems comprising Wayne Clifford's "The Book Of Were" are based on old engravings representing were-animals and were-folk, changelings at the edges of our known worlds and ordinary lives.
 
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