Changeling, n. [Change + -ling.] 1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.[1913 Webster]
Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft.
The changeling [a substituted writing] never known.
2. A simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out.
Wildly we roam in discontent about.
3. One apt to change; a waverer. “Fickle changelings.” Shak.[1913 Webster]
Changeling, a. 1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. “A little changeling boy.” Shak.[1913 Webster]
2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.][1913 Webster]
Some are so studiously changeling.