Definitions

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  • noun A manufacturer of wands.

Etymologies

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wand +‎ maker

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Examples

  • I'd like to offer you a magic wand to deal with such events, but I'm sorry, the wandmaker was out of that kind.

    Brain on fire and some action on the other end too! Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • He had been sure that Voldemort had been looking for a way around the problem of the twin cores, sure that Voldemort sought a solution from the old wandmaker ... and yet he had killed him, apparently without asking him a single question about wandlore.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • So Voldemort was looking for a celebrated wandmaker and Harry did not have to search far for a reason.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • Puking Pastilles, or the navy blue robes of Magical Maintenance; he though of Gregorovitch the wandmaker, and how long he could hope to remain hidden while Voldemort sought him so determinedly.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • Harry saw Luna, all eyes in her white face, and the motionless figure of Ollivander the wandmaker, curled up on the floor in the corner.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • But here is what I think happened, and it is unprecedented, and no wandmaker could, I think, ever have predicted or explained it to Voldemort.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • The wandmaker; wands choose you; a unicorn hair; and finally, the broken wand.

    The Cadbury Ad With the Gorilla Playing Drums Isn't THAT Funny fastfwd 2007

  • The wandmaker still looked exceptionally frail, and he clung to Bill's arm as the latter supported him, carrying a large suitcase.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • As Harry spoke, his scar burned worse than ever, and for a few seconds he looked down, not upon the wandmaker, but on another man who was just as old, just as thin, but laughing scornfully.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

  • The wandmaker took the first of the wands and held it close to his faded eyes, rolling it between his knobble-knuckled fingers, flexing it slightly.

    Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007

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