Are Harry Potter witches or wizards?

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Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the titular protagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of eponymous novels. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard.
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, a wizard, is the son of Lily and James Potter. Lily Potter had two parents without any magical ability—i.e., Muggles. Lily's sister, Petunia, does not have the ability either. Hermione is one of Harry's best friends and is a powerful witch.
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Are there wizards and witches in Harry Potter?

Throughout the Wizarding World, there are many different kinds of magical beings. Here we dive into the specific kinds of wizards and witches. Throughout the Wizarding World, we are treated to multiple different kinds of wizards and witches.
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Is Harry Potter a wizard?

Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the titular protagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of eponymous novels. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Harry, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard.
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Is Hermione a witch or a wizard?

Minister Hermione Jean Granger (b. 19 September 1979) was an English Muggle-born witch born to Mr and Mrs Granger. At the age of eleven, she learned about her magical nature and was accepted into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hermione began attending Hogwarts in 1991 and was Sorted into Gryffindor House.
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Is Voldemort a witch or wizard?

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Rowling establishes Voldemort throughout the series as an extremely powerful, intelligent, and ruthless dark wizard, described as the greatest and most powerful Dark Wizard of all time.
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Are slytherins witches or wizards?

Unfortunately, Slytherin has constantly been associated with evil witches and wizards.
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Is Draco Malfoy a witch or wizard?

Often overlooked, Draco is actually an incredibly powerful wizard who shows great power both during and after his time at Hogwarts. Although he is often tarred with the same brush as his less than stellar sidekicks, Crabbe and Goyle, Draco is in fact far more powerful than both of them put together.
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What is a female wizard called?

Enchantress most commonly refers to: Enchantress (supernatural), a magician, sorcerer, enchanter, wizard; sometimes called an enchantress, sorceress, or witch if female.
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What is an evil wizard called?

Sorcerer and sorceress are often used to refer to evil characters in works of fiction, especially in the “sword and sorcery” fantasy genre. In contrast, similar words like wizard and magician usually imply that such figures use their powers for good. If not, you'd usually call them an evil wizard or evil magician.
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What is a half human half wizard called?

half-bloods. "Half-blood" is the term applied to wizards and witches who have both magical and Muggle ancestors in their family trees. They are the most common blood status, far outnumbering pure-bloods and Muggle-borns. Rowling has stated that, of the Hogwarts annual intake, fifty per cent are half-bloods.
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What are baby wizards called?

A Squib, also known as a wizard-born, was a non-magical person who was born to at least one magical parent. Squibs were, in essence, "wizard-born Muggles". They were rare and were looked upon with a degree of disdain by some witches and wizards, particularly pure-bloods.
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Is Draco Malfoy a virgin?

Pansy had had a crush on Draco for a long time since at Hogwarts. Draco lost his virginity to her on the Yule Ball night in fourth year and since then Draco and Pansy had been sexual partners.
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Is Hermione Draco's sister?

Hermione Malfoy (née Granger) is the daughter of Richard Granger and Jean Granger, Wife of Draco Malfoy, daughter-in-law of Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy and Sister-in-law of Draco Malfoy's sister Miss Malfoy.
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Were Draco and Harry related?

The British Wizarding World isn't terribly large, so many families are related. According to the Black family tree that's referenced multiple times throughout the series, Draco's great-great-aunt, Dorea Black, married Charlus Potter, who was most likely a relation of Harry's grandfather.
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Why is Harry Potter not Slytherin?

Harry Potter came very close to being sorted into Slytherin before he persuaded the Hat to sort him into Gryffindor. Yet the spectre of Slytherin haunted him for some time afterwards, becoming particularly potent in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when he was rumoured to be the heir of Slytherin.
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Is J.K. Rowling a Slytherin?

It's pretty obvious: J.K. Rowling is a Slytherin. According to the Harry Potter Wiki, a Slytherin is known to embody the following characteristics: ambition, shrewdness, cunning, strong leadership, and achievement-orientedness.
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What does Hufflepuff mean?

What does Hufflepuff mean? Hufflepuff refers to one of four Hogwarts houses in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. Characters are sorted into these houses based on their characteristics, and Hufflepuff is known for having members that are patient, fair, hard-working, and sometimes blandly nice.
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What is Draco's son?

Scorpius Malfoy

Scorpius is the only-child of Astoria Greengrass and Draco Malfoy, and unlike Draco Malfoy, Scorpius seems very different to his father.
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Why does Draco like green apples?

Canon. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Draco is seen eating a green apple during their first class with Hagrid, indicating that he was probably bored.
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What did Harry do to Draco in the bathroom?

Malfoy spots Harry and casts a Cruciatus curse; Harry, defending himself, using the Half-Blood Prince's Sectumsempra spell without knowing its effects. To his horror, it gashes Draco's face and chest, spilling his blood everywhere.
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Who did Hermione lost her virginity to?

Victor Krum was her first boyfriend. It's possible that they had sex. She blushed when talking about him after their relationship ended.
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What did Malfoy rip out of the book?

He chooses to rip a particular page with a pointed glance out of a book. Why?" The poster theorizes that Draco was curious about basilisks because his dad, Lucious, had been talking about it at home.
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Is Harry Potter a pure Blood?

Harry James Potter holds half-blood status in Rowling's imagined wizarding world because his mother is Muggle-born and his father is pure-blood. There are three main blood statuses; pure-blood, half-blood, and Muggle-born, which are all methods of determining a witch or wizard's magical lineage.
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Can wizards marry non wizards?

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For the American wizarding community, total secrecy is key: Wizards can't befriend or marry non-magical (No-Maj) people. Wizards are not allowed to communicate extensively with No-Majs.
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