ALL meanings of changeling
change·ling
C c - countable noun changeling 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. 3
- noun changeling a child believed to have been exchanged by fairies for the parents' true child 3
- noun changeling an idiot 3
- noun changeling a fickle or changeable person 3
- noun changeling a child secretly put in the place of another; esp., in folk tales, one exchanged in this way by fairies 3
- noun changeling a changeable person; turncoat 3
- noun changeling a feeble-minded person 3
- noun changeling A child believed to have been secretly substituted by fairies for the parents' real child in infancy. 1
- noun changeling substituted child 1
- noun changeling a child surreptitiously or unintentionally substituted for another. 1
- noun changeling (in folklore) an ugly, stupid, or strange child left by fairies in place of a pretty, charming child. 1
- noun changeling Philately. a postage stamp that, by accident or intention, has been chemically changed in color. 1
- noun changeling Archaic. a renegade or turncoat. an imbecile. 1
- noun changeling (mythology) In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology, an infant of a fairy, sprite or troll that the creature has secretly exchanged for a human infant. 0
- noun changeling (Informal) (rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant; swapling. 0
- noun changeling (science fiction and fantasy) An organism which can change shape to mimic others. 0
- noun changeling (Obsolete (No longer in use)) A simpleton; an idiot. 0
- noun changeling (Obsolete (No longer in use)) One apt to change; a waverer. 0