dumbledore

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔː/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔːr/

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Noun

Singular dumbledore

Plural dumbledores

A dumbledore

1. (in some dialects, not standard) A bumblebee.

   "A shaded lamp and a waving blind, / And the beat of a clock from a distant floor: / On this scene enter – winged, horned, and spined – / A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore" — Thomas Hardy, ‘An August Midnight’, 1899

Synonyms

• bumblebee