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==History== |
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| − | [[Draco Malfoy]] used the term in the summer of [[1995]], shortly after [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s [[Return of Lord Voldemort|return]] and the murder of [[Cedric Diggory]]. He told [[Harry Potter]] that those like Harry's best friends, "[[Mudblood]]" [[Hermione Granger]] and "Muggle-lover" [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], would be the Dark Lord's first targets. He then added that Cedric had been Voldemort's first victim and was cursed simultaneously by Harry, Ron, Hermione, as well as [[Fred and George Weasley]].<ref name="GF37"/> [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Arthur Weasley]] were other examples of "Muggle-lovers". |
+ | In the summer of [[1992]], [[Lucius Malfoy]] contemptuously referred to his enemy [[Arthur Weasley]] as a "[[flea]]-bitten, Muggle-loving fool" to [[Borgin|Mr Borgin]], with regards to Arthur's proposed [[Muggle Protection Act]], whilst he was selling [[Dark Arts|dark]] items in [[Borgin and Burkes]].<ref name="COS4"/> His son [[Draco Malfoy|Draco]] also used the term in the summer of [[1995]], shortly after [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]]'s [[Return of Lord Voldemort|return]] and the murder of [[Cedric Diggory]]. He told [[Harry Potter]] that those like Harry's best friends, "[[Mudblood]]" [[Hermione Granger]] and "Muggle-lover" [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], would be the Dark Lord's first targets. He then added that Cedric had been Voldemort's first victim and was cursed simultaneously by Harry, Ron, Hermione, as well as [[Fred and George Weasley]].<ref name="GF37"/> [[Albus Dumbledore]] and [[Arthur Weasley]]<ref name="COS4">{{COS|B|4}}</ref> were other examples of "Muggle-lovers". |
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Revision as of 00:02, 26 February 2021
"Muggle-lover" Ron Weasley with Muggle-born Hermione Granger
- "You've picked the losing side, Potter! I warned you! I told you, you ought to choose your company more carefully, remember? When we met on the train, first day at Hogwarts? I told you not to hang around with riffraff like this! Too late now, Potter! They'll be the first to go, now the Dark Lord's back! Mudbloods and Muggle-lovers first! Well — second Diggory was the f —"
- — Draco Malfoy to Harry Potter after Lord Voldemort’s return[src]
"Muggle-lover" is a disparaging term for a wizard or witch who holds no prejudice against Muggles or Muggle-borns[1]. The more commonly-used term for such an individual was "blood traitor". Such terms were used by elitist pure-bloods, who believed that Muggles were greatly inferior to themselves, and somehow dirty and uncivilised.
History
In the summer of 1992, Lucius Malfoy contemptuously referred to his enemy Arthur Weasley as a "flea-bitten, Muggle-loving fool" to Mr Borgin, with regards to Arthur's proposed Muggle Protection Act, whilst he was selling dark items in Borgin and Burkes.[2] His son Draco also used the term in the summer of 1995, shortly after Lord Voldemort's return and the murder of Cedric Diggory. He told Harry Potter that those like Harry's best friends, "Mudblood" Hermione Granger and "Muggle-lover" Ron Weasley, would be the Dark Lord's first targets. He then added that Cedric had been Voldemort's first victim and was cursed simultaneously by Harry, Ron, Hermione, as well as Fred and George Weasley.[1] Albus Dumbledore and Arthur Weasley[2] were other examples of "Muggle-lovers".
See also
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)[3]
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 37 (The Beginning)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 4 (At Flourish and Blotts)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game) - A Problem of Security, one of the lines that Alecto Carrow is able to use against Harry.