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− | '''Carrow''' is the surname of a [[pure-blood]]<ref name="pottermore" /> wizarding family. 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> |
+ | '''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> |
Whether twin [[Slytherin]] students [[Flora Carrow|Flora]] and [[Hestia Carrow]] are part of this family is unknown. |
Whether twin [[Slytherin]] students [[Flora Carrow|Flora]] and [[Hestia Carrow]] are part of this family is unknown. |
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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''". |
*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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[[fr:Famille Carrow]] |
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Revision as of 15:13, 29 March 2015
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".