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| + | |image=[[File:Carrow twins - Flora and Hestia Carrow.jpg|250px]] |
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| + | |name=Carrow family |
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| + | |blood=[[Pure-blood]]<ref name="pottermore">[http://www.pottermore.com/en/book2/chapter7/moment1/pure-blood ''Pottermore'' - Book 2, Chapter 7, Moment 1 - New from J. K. Rowling - Pure-Blood]</ref> |
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| + | |house=[[Slytherin]] |
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| + | |loyalty=[[Death Eaters]] |
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| + | }} |
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| + | [[File:Alecto_Carrow.JPG|thumb|left|100px|Alecto]] |
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| + | [[File:Death_Eater-Amycus_Carrow-01.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Amycus]] |
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| + | '''Carrow''' is the surname of a [[pure-blood]]<ref name="pottermore" /> wizarding family, and one of the [[Sacred Twenty-Eight]]. Alecto once viciously slashed the face of [[Neville Longbottom]] when he asked her how much Muggle blood she had, outraged by the anti-Muggle propaganda she taught as professor of [[Muggle Studies]] during the [[1997–1998 school year]], when [[Tom Riddle|Lord Voldemort]] was in control of the [[British Ministry of Magic|Ministry of Magic]].<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]''</ref> |
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| + | Whether twin [[Slytherin]] students [[Flora Carrow|Flora]] and [[Hestia Carrow]] are part of this family is unknown. |
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| − | Brother and Sister, the Carrows are [[Death Eaters]] who were involved in the [[Second War#The Battle of Hogwarts (1997)|Battle of Hogwarts]] in June [[1997]] and were new teachers at [[Hogwarts]] for the 1997-1998 school year. They make their first appearance in [[Harry]]'s sixth year. |
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| + | ==Possible Family Members== |
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| + | *[[Alecto Carrow]] — a [[Death Eaters|Death Eater]] and professor of [[Muggle Studies]] during the [[1997–1998 school year]] |
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| + | *[[Amycus Carrow]] — a Death Eater and professor of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]] (effectively the [[Dark Arts]]) during the [[1997–1998 school year]]. |
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| + | *[[Flora Carrow]] — a student at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] in the [[1990s]] and member of the [[Slug Club]]<ref name="SS">''[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/new-original-characters-cast-half-blood-prince-updated-54082/ New original characters cast for Half-Blood Prince]</ref> |
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| + | *[[Hestia Carrow]] — a student at Hogwarts in the 1990s and member of the Slug Club<ref name="SS"/> |
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| + | ==Etymology== |
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| + | *In English, the word; "''Carrow''", can refer to two places. "''Carrow''" in Norfolk, or "''Carraw''" in Northumberland. The first is assumed to have its name derived from the Old English word "''carr''", meaning "''rock''", and a word of Celtic origin; "''hoh''", meaning "''spur of a hill''". While the second appears to have been named either after the plural of the Old English word "''carr''", or after a mixture of a form of "''carr''", and another Old English word; "''raw''", meaning "''row''". |
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| + | *It is also possible, that the surname was originally a shortened version of the Cornish surname; "''Nancarrow''". |
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| + | ==Notes and references == |
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| + | [[es:Familia Carrow]] |
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| + | [[ru:Кэрроу]] |
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| + | [[fr:Famille Carrow]] |
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| + | [[pl:Rodzina Carrow]] |
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Revision as of 20:40, 18 December 2013
Alecto
Amycus
Carrow is the surname of a pure-blood[1] wizarding family, and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. Alecto once viciously slashed the face of Neville Longbottom when he asked her how much Muggle blood she had, outraged by the anti-Muggle propaganda she taught as professor of Muggle Studies during the 1997–1998 school year, when Lord Voldemort was in control of the Ministry of Magic.[2]
Whether twin Slytherin students Flora and Hestia Carrow are part of this family is unknown.
Possible Family Members
- Alecto Carrow — a Death Eater and professor of Muggle Studies during the 1997–1998 school year
- Amycus Carrow — a Death Eater and professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts (effectively the Dark Arts) during the 1997–1998 school year.
- Flora Carrow — a student at Hogwarts in the 1990s and member of the Slug Club[3]
- Hestia Carrow — a student at Hogwarts in the 1990s and member of the Slug Club[3]
Etymology
- In English, the word; "Carrow", can refer to two places. "Carrow" in Norfolk, or "Carraw" in Northumberland. The first is assumed to have its name derived from the Old English word "carr", meaning "rock", and a word of Celtic origin; "hoh", meaning "spur of a hill". While the second appears to have been named either after the plural of the Old English word "carr", or after a mixture of a form of "carr", and another Old English word; "raw", meaning "row".
- It is also possible, that the surname was originally a shortened version of the Cornish surname; "Nancarrow".