Questioning the Lexicon yet again: Marauder's Map

[yolandacarroll]

No: HPFGUIDX 85066

hp_lexicon" wrote:
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> The map is called The Marauder's Map. That's singular. It refers to 
> one person, whomever happens to be using the map to "maraud." If it 
> was intended to refer to the four, it would be called The 
Marauders' 
> Map. 
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> Steve Vander Ark
> The Harry Potter Lexicon

"Marauder's Map" is singular, but like you said whomever referred to 
it would be using it to "maraud" and would therefore be, for the 
moment anyway, a "Marauder".

Since it is safe to assume that all four of them used the map at some 
point, we know that they were all "marauders" at some time.

For the record, I didn't have POA with me when I posted earlier.  If 
I had, then maybe I would have caught the fact that "Maruader's" was 
singular.  I admit to missing that, however, I think my 
rationalization actually fits.

Yolanda