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[pippin_999]

> Carol responds:
> 
> Ouch, Pippin! how can you tantalize us like this? Telling us that
JKR has provided the definition of "warlock" and not providing it is
like telling Dudley Dursley that you just ate some fudge when he's on
a diet! 

Pippin:
Bwahahaha!  But here you are, somewhat abbrieviated.

**Spoiler Space***
**More Spoiler Space***
**Still More Spoiler Space***
**And Even More Spoiler Space***

"The term 'warlock' is a very old one. Although it is sometimes used
as interchangeable with "wizard," it originally denoted one learned in
dueling and all martial magic. It was also given as a title to wizards
who had performed feats of bravery, rather as Muggles were sometimes
knighted for acts of valor. 

These days wizards use 'warlock' in one of two ways: to describe a
wizard of unusually fierce appearance, or as a title denoting
particular skill or achievement."

We also find out that Lucius Malfoy's attempts to have Dumbledore
removed as Headmaster were rooted in Lucius's desire to ban "The
Fountain of Fair Fortune" because it promotes wizard/Muggle marriage.
An exchange of letters, two of which are included in the text, marked
"the beginning of Mr. Malfoy's long campaign to have me removed from
my post as headmaster of Hogwarts, and of mine to have him removed
from his position as Lord Voldemort's Favorite Death Eater."


There's a very sly account of the history of the Deathly Hallows, in
which Dumbledore tells much less than he knows, without exactly lying.
Vintage Dumbledore, IMO. You really ought to get the book if you enjoy
the character.

Pippin