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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

changeling
    n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
         imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
         retard]
    2: a child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            Such, men do changelings call, so changed by
            fairies' theft.                       --Spenser.
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            The changeling [a substituted writing] never known.
                                                  --Shak.
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   2. A simpleton; an idiot. --Macaulay.
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            Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut
            out.
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            Wildly we roam in discontent about. --Dryden.
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   3. One apt to change; a waverer. "Fickle changelings."
      --Shak.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Changeling \Change"ling\, a.
   1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. "A little
      changeling boy." --Shak.
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   2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.]
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            Some are so studiously changeling.    --Boyle.
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Thesaurus Results for Changeling:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

agent, alternate, alternative, analogy, backup, change, comparison, copy, counterfeit, deputy, double, dummy, elf child, equal, equivalent, ersatz, exchange, fake, fill-in, ghost, ghostwriter, imitation, locum tenens, makeshift, metaphor, metonymy, next best thing, personnel, phony, pinch hitter, proxy, relief, replacement, representative, reserves, ringer, second string, secondary, sign, spares, stand-in, sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, superseder, supplanter, surrogate, symbol, synecdoche, third string, token, understudy, utility player, vicar, vice-president, vice-regent

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