changeling
noun
a child surreptitiously or unintentionally substituted for another.
changelings
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pluralof changeling.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Borg and the changelings came to an agreement in which the changelings would be the Borg’s vehicle to carry out some villainous plan to help them procreate.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Unless the Founders themselves chose to withhold the cure from certain changelings.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
“The Changeling” by Victor LaValle uses as its inspiration the stories of changelings, false doubles left in place of human children who are stolen by fairies.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 16, 2020
O changelings of the world: we go up and down the ladder in this circus called life, and we are more entertaining than clowns, more grotesque than freaks.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
Little human changelings, raised in Faerie, but not educated with the Gentry as we are.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
