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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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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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