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Type Words
Synonyms cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard
Type of simpleton, simple
Has types mongoloid
Type Words
Type of youngster, fry, kid, minor, tike, tyke, child, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler

Examples of changeling

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Because I was certain I was a changeling at birth, I'd refused to recognise him.
From the independent.co.uk
A changeling is a creature found in Western Europeanfolklore and folk religion.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Connecticut has some of the most beautiful and changeling courses in the Northeast.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Changeling hasn't even reached the midfilm point by the time that scene takes place.
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Jane, the heroine, is a changeling who was stolen by the fairies to work in a factory.
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Local storyteller Jack Dunne accused Bridget of being a fairy changeling.
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Yet they might also leave a changeling child in place of a human baby.
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Changeling received nominations in three Academy Award and eight BAFTA Award categories.
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Realising that I wasn't a fairy changeling child and that David Bowie wasn't the fairy king.
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
  • A changeling is a creature found in Western European folklore and folk religion. It is typically described as being the offspring of a fairy, troll, elf or other legendary creature that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. ...
  • Changeling, in comics, may refer to: *Beast Boy, a DC Comics superhero who used the codename "Changeling" for a period during his membership in the Teen Titans *Changeling (Marvel Comics), a supervillain who later joined the X-Men
  • Delia Sherman (born Tokyo, Japan) is a fantasy writer and editor. Her novel The Porcelain Dove won the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. She lives in New York City with her wife and sometime collaborator, Ellen Kushner (they were married in 1996).
  • In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Doppelgangers are monstrous humanoids, identified primarily by their ability to change their shape and appearance to mimic almost any humanoid creature. ...
  • Changeling is a 2008 American psychological drama film, directed, co-produced and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by J. Michael Straczynski, that explores child endangerment, female disempowerment, political corruption, mistreatment of mental health patients, and the repercussions of violence...
  • Kevin Sydney is a fictional character that has been a member of the X-Men in comic book stories published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth, the character first appeared in X-Men #35 (August 1967).
  • Changeling (ISBN 978-1852273811) is a 2007 autobiography by Mike Oldfield. It was published in May 2007 by Virgin Books. In May 2008 Changeling was re-released in a paperback edition.