Hufflepuff

//ˈhʌfəlˌpʌf// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person having traits associated with Hufflepuff house from the Harry Potter series, including patience, justice, and loyalty or an affinity for badgers or the colours yellow and black.

Etymology

Coined by British author and philanthropist J. K. Rowling, presumably from huff + -le + puff.

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