Meanings
plural Gryffindors
- attributivesometimesA person having traits associated with Gryffindor house from the Harry Potter series, including bravery, boldness, or an affinity for lions or the colours red and gold.
I had just freed a man wearing a dark blue suit and a Gryffindor tie when Asil's shout made me turn to see Frost right on top of me.
2013, Patricia Briggs, Frost Burned, Berkley, published 2013, →ISBN2 more examples
Barack Obama, on the other hand, is a consummate Gryffindor. He comes across in interviews and speeches as someone who's truly kind and angry about the country's woes, though it's clear he doesn't recklessly allow this anger to cloud his decisions.
2011 August 24, Cyrus Duff, “Which House? Harry Potter Helps Sort Presidential Field”, in Hartford CourantI pulled out a Gryffindor key chain I had been saving for just such an emergency, and she cheered up while telling me why she was definitely a Gryffindor and not a Slytherin.
2012, Eloisa James, Paris in Love, Random House, published 2013, →ISBN, page 167
Origin
- Frenchd'or
- EnglishGryffindor
Coined by English author J. K. Rowling, presumably from griffin and a compound of the French d'or.
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Chinese Mandarin 格蘭芬多 /格兰芬多, 葛來分多 /葛来分多
- 格蘭芬多 /格兰芬多 (Gélánfēnduō)Gryffindor house
- 葛來分多 /葛来分多 (Gěláifēnduō)Gryffindor house
Czech Nebelvír
- NebelvírGryffindor house
Dutch griffioendeur
- griffioendeurGryffindor house
Finnish Rohkelikko
- RohkelikkoGryffindor house
French Gryffondor
- GryffondorGryffindor house
German Greiftür
- GreiftürGryffindor house
Hebrew גריפינדור
- גריפינדור (grifindor)Gryffindor house
Hindi गरुड़द्वार
- गरुड़द्वार (garuṛadvār)Gryffindor house
Hungarian Griffendél
- GriffendélGryffindor house
Italian Grifondoro
- GrifondoroGryffindor house
Japanese グリフィンドール
- グリフィンドール (Gurifindōru)Gryffindor house
Norwegian Griffing
- GriffingGryffindor house
Persian گریفیندور
- گریفیندور (gerifindor)Gryffindor house
Polish Gryffindor, Gryfon
- GryffindorGryffindor house
- Gryfona person having traits associated with Gryffindor house
Portuguese Grifinória
- GrifinóriaGryffindor house
Russian Гри́ффиндор, гриффиндорец
- Гри́ффиндор (Gríffindor)Gryffindor house
- гриффиндорец (griffindorec)a person having traits associated with Gryffindor house
Slovak Chrabromil
- ChrabromilGryffindor house
Cite this entry
Gryffindor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gryffindor
“Gryffindor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gryffindor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gryffindor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gryffindor.
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