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s | changeling |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun changeling is

(mythology) in british, irish and scandinavian mythology, an infant of a fairy, sprite or troll that the creature has secretly exchanged for a human infant.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    changeling

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mythology) In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology, an infant of a fairy, sprite or troll that the creature has secretly exchanged for a human infant.
  • (informal, rare) An infant secretly exchanged with another infant; swapling.
  • (science fiction, and, fantasy) An organism which can change shape to mimic others.
  • (obsolete) A simpleton; an idiot.
    • (Macaulay)
  • * Dryden
    • Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out.
  • (obsolete) One apt to change; a waverer.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Fickle changelings .

    Synonyms

    * (sense, fairy's child) oaf (obsolete) * (being that can change shape) shape-shifter * (a child exchanged for another)