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  1. dumbledorenoun

    A bumblebee.

  2. dumbledorenoun

    A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle

  3. dumbledorenoun

    a dandelion

  4. dumbledorenoun

    a blundering person

  5. Etymology: Compound of.

Wikipedia

  1. dumbledore

    Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For most of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts. As part of his backstory, it is revealed that he is the founder and leader of the Order of the Phoenix, an organisation dedicated to fighting Lord Voldemort, the main antagonist of the series. Dumbledore was portrayed by Richard Harris in the film adaptations of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Following Harris' death in October 2002, Michael Gambon portrayed Dumbledore in the six remaining Harry Potter films from 2004 to 2011. Jude Law portrayed Dumbledore as a middle-aged man in the prequel films Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).Rowling stated she chose the name Dumbledore, which is a dialectal word for "bumblebee", because of Dumbledore's love of music: she imagined him walking around "humming to himself a lot".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dumbledore

    dum′bl-dōr, n. (prov.) the bumble-bee: the brown cockchafer.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dumbledore in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dumbledore in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Dumbledore in a Sentence

  1. Jk Rowling:

    Sirius: It's cruel that I got to spend so much time with James and Lily, and you so little. But know this; the ones that love us never really leave us. Dumbledore:Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. Ginny:“The thing about growing up with Fred and George [...] is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.”

  2. J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter:

    Happiness can be found in even the Darkest of places. If only one remembers to turn on the light. -Albus Dumbledore

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