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dumbledore¹

  • /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔː/ UK
  • /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔːɹ/ US

Where it comes from

Compound of dumble (similar to bumble) + dor (“a buzzing flying insect”).

noun dumbledores · dumbledor · drumbledore · dumble-dor

  1. archaic, dialectal A bumblebee. Those slopes of fresh turf, embroidered with every minute blossom of the moor — thyme, birdsfoot, eyebright, and dwarf purple thistle, buzzed and hummed over by busy, black-tailed, yellow-banded dumbledores.
  2. dialectal A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle. others may need to be informd that a blastnashun straddlebob is a dumbledore, that is to say, a polyonymous lamellicorn coleopter, cald also a dorbeetle, a dorbug, a maybeetle, a maybug, a cockchafer, a Melolontha vulgaris.
  3. dialectal A dandelion. The Dandelion has a number of common names in Newfoundland. These include Dumbledore, Faceclock, and Piss-a-beds.
  4. slang A blundering person. “Miserable dumbledores!” / “Right, William, and so they be—miserable dumbledores!” said the choir with unanimity.

Dumbledore²

Where it comes from

From the character Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series.

noun Dumbledores · Albus Dumbledore

  1. A wise and kindly older male mentor, especially a wizard-like figure. A face like Leonardo's is difficult to forget. It's the wise, old man we have seen plenty of times, the image we have learnt to associate with goodness, kindness, with the wise man who knows everything, fixes everything and whose main purpose in this life is helping others. He is the Dumbledore of t

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: headmaster, drumbledore, dumbledor, dumble-dor, dimble, dizard, duncehead, dobby, dorking, dauber, dunny budgie, dumbleton, dorf, dwarrowdam, dudder, dunderhead

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"dumbledore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dumbledore. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dumbledore. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dumbledore

Chicago

"dumbledore." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dumbledore.

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@misc{dumbledore_2026,
  title = {dumbledore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dumbledore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}