Hermione
Americannoun
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the daughter of Menelaus and Helen.
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a female given name.
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There was a similar outcry in 2016 when Noma Dumezweni was cast to play Hermione Granger in the original London production of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Twenty-five other items were donated by British art historian Hermione Waterfield, who established the Tribal Art Department at Christie’s in 1971.
From Barron's • Nov. 10, 2025
Linke compared the structures to the small magical handbag of Hermione Granger, a fictional character in the “Harry Potter” series, saying that they can “store huge amounts of gas in a tiny volume.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Watson, 35, played Hermione Granger in the eight films based on Rowling's books between 2001 and 2011.
From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025
He strode to the mirror and examined himself; it was a few moments before he noticed Harry, Ron, and Hermione reflected over his shoulder.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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