Snape
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- proper noun
- Literature
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Severus Snape
- Many students at Hogwarts were both intimidated and fascinated by Professor Snape and his teaching methods.
- Professor Snape
- Severus Snape
We have Snape from Harry Potter and we have Aragorn from Lord of Rings.
- We have Snape from Harry Potter and we have Aragorn from Lord of Rings.
- Oh my God, is James Comedy Severus Snape?
- So not shipping them together, no, I feel like a lot of people ship Snape with a lot of like weird people like their money and everything.
Examples
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Get your wand, ride the train, be sorted by the Hat, and then be terrorized by Headmaster Snape.
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I like how you bring up Professor Severus Snape in the discussion because of his transition throughout Rowling's series.
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Honestly, Professor Snape, I think it did more damage to us.
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Feel free to bring Professor Snape.
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I would also put forward Professor Snape from the Harry Potter series.
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Let me introduce my assistant, Professor Snape.
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Dumbledore trusts Snape, therefore I do.
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Severus Snape was indeed a Death Eater.
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I couldn't think of a better example of perception than Severus Snape in Harry Potter.
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Summary: How much of Harry's story would have been different if Professor Severus Snape had just looked down at the boy's parchment that first day of class...?
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Snape is the surname of the fictional teacher Severus Snape in the Harry Potter books. The author chose a real English place name Snape, which likely came from an old word meaning 'marsh' or the bird snipe, so the name sounds like a quiet, watchful British family name.