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CHANGELING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("changeling" is a kind of...):
child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person of subnormal intelligence
Synonyms:
changeling; cretin; half-wit; idiot; imbecile; moron; retard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("changeling" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "changeling"):
mongoloid (a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive))
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