Dolores Umbridge

Dolores Jane Umbridge is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J.K. Rowling.

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Fictional character - Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling

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Umbridge is a short, squat woman resembling a large toad. She often wears a black velvet bow in her hair that reminds Harry of a fly about to be caught. She has a high, girly voice that Harry describes as sounding like poisoned honey. The name Dolores has the Spanish word dolor, or pain, as its root, and the name Umbridge is pronounced the same as umbrage, meaning resentment or pique at an often imagined insult. Another similar sounding word which fits in well with Umbridge's position is umpirage, derived from umpire, denoting someone who arbitrates between two parties or an official who enforces rules in a sports game (i.e. a referee).

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Spanish - Referee

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