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kelpie

noun

Definition of kelpie

as in fairy

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Recent Examples of kelpie Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Al, however, seemed partial to the kelpies, shape-shifting water sprites which most often appear in the form of a horse luring the unsuspecting to watery graves. — Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026 In a September 27 Instagram video, an Australian kelpie named Bats was at work with another dog. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025 At first the dog was said to be a German shepherd mix confined in a closet, but this was later corrected to being an Australian kelpie mix in a crate. — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kelpie

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Noun

And the book’s title and Madeleine’s nickname, Queen Mab, comes from a fairy referred to by Mercutio in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Although his kiss doesn’t break the curse in this retelling, his bravery and kindness help to unite the fairy and human kingdoms.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of fairy

Noun

McBride reflects on Queen Mab’s protagonist, a 23-year-old graduate student of Victorian and modernist literature, who struggles to bond with her baby and begins to fear that her child is a changeling.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Is the baby really a baby, or has it been replaced by a changeling?

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of changeling

Noun

The magical ring that helped Bilbo escape the goblins had become an instrument of addiction and mass political control.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026

Definition of goblin

Noun

Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
The plays are set in locations as varied as courts, forests, battlefields, and even the realm of faerie.

— Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of faerie

Noun

Following the addition of Game of Thrones alum Kit Harington as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, as a swap for the departing Nicholas Hoult, the HBO fantasy series finds its house elf Dobby, Ron’s sister Ginny Weasley, and young Voldy Tom Riddle.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026
Lenny Rush will star as the house-elf Dobby, originally voiced by Toby Jones.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of elf

Noun

The women are in stupid costumes (Heather Gay is dressed as a leprechaun at one point) and yelling at one another for yet-unknown reasons.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
Olyphant asked, drawing attention to a leprechaun giving Meyers the middle finger in honor of his new project, Lucky.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of leprechaun

Noun

Accounting is not a very physical job, but tell that to the KPMG gnomes who just spent weeks lugging around gold bars in a secret Swiss cavern.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
Forza was trained by Brian Myers, Bear Bronson and Pat Buck and regards herself to be a lawn gnome aficionado.

— Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of gnome

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