changelingmeaning

A changeling was a substitute left by a supernatural being on kidnapping a human being. Sometimes the changeling was a 'stock' (a piece of wood made magically ...

A changeling is a child who is suspected to not be a couple's real child. As the myth goes, a changeling was substituted by fairies.

2024年2月25日 — The meaning of CHANGELING is turncoat.

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.

The changelings are women who have been spirited away to the other world and who cannot return without help. From the Cambridge English Corpus.

​a child who is believed to have been secretly left in exchange for another, especially (in stories) by fairies. Want to learn more?

5 天前 — CHANGELING definition: 1. (especially in stories) a baby who is secretly used to take the place of another baby 2…. Learn more.

2024年2月23日 — jack-o'-lantern, in meteorology, a mysterious light seen at night flickering over marshes; when approached, it advances, always out of reach.

There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the word changeling, one of which is labelled obsolete, and one of which is considered offensive.