changeling

  • 41changeling — change·ling || tʃeɪndÊ’lɪŋ n. ugly child left by fairies in place of a pretty child (Folklore); child which is substituted for another …

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  • 42changeling — noun a child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents real child in infancy …

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  • 43changeling — n. 1. False child (left in place of another taken). 2. Oaf, simpleton, fool, dunce. 3. Waverer, shifter, person of fickle mind. 4. Substitute, fraudulent shift …

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  • 44changeling — noun (C) literary a baby that is said to have been secretly exchanged for another baby by fairies (fairy (1)) …

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  • 45changeling — change·ling …

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  • 46changeling — change•ling [[t]ˈtʃeɪndʒ lɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) an infant exchanged by stealth for another child 2) archaic a) a turncoat b) an imbecile • Etymology: 1545–55 …

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  • 47changeling — /ˈtʃeɪndʒlɪŋ / (say chaynjling) noun 1. a child supposedly substituted secretly for another, especially by fairies; an elfchild. 2. Obsolete an inconstant person. 3. Obsolete an idiot. {change + ling1} …

  • 48changeling —   n. child substituted secretly for parent s true child, especially ugly or backward child supposedly left by fairies; fickle person …

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  • 49changeling — n. a child believed to be substituted for another by stealth, esp. an elf child left by fairies …

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  • 50The Changeling — Changeling Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Un Changeling (ou Changelin) est, dans le folklore européen, un leurre abandonné par les fées en échange de nouveau nés enlevés à leurs parents …

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