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changeling definition

change·ling (-liŋ)

noun

  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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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