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CHANGELING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A child secretly exchanged for another in infancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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