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Someone that can change from human form into something else. In The Hobbit Beorn was a shapeshifter and could turn into a bear.

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A skin changer is a person that can shape-shift. Beorn, a man (more of a giant, really) who could change to the shape of a great bear, is described as a skin changer.

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