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dumbledore noun English dialect a bumblebeeAlso (Southwest English): drumbledrane Liberaldictionary.com
Word Origin for dumbledore Old English dumble, variant of drumble to move sluggishly + dor humming insect Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Examples from the Web for dumbledore Contemporary Examples of dumbledore
Enter the Order of the Phoenix, a secret organization founded by Dumbledore to fight Voldemort.
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Dumbledore told them there were six remaining horcruxes at the end of the last movie.
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Dumbledore asks Harry to come with him to destroy another Horcrux, signaling the beginning of the end.
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Harry suspects Draco is trying to hurt Dumbledore and seriously injures his rival with one of the Prince’s spells.
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Umbridge discovers the group, ousts Dumbledore, and is appointed the new headmaster.
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Word Origin and History for dumbledore n.
1787, noted as a dialect word in Hampshire, Cornwall, etc. for “a bumblebee.”
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
