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harry potter - What does Dumbledore's title "Supreme Mugwump" mean?


In the first Hogwarts letter that Harry receives Dumbledore has following titles:




Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards



What is "Supreme Mugwump"?


As definition for Mugwump I found following:



a person who remains aloof or independent, especially from party politics



Which does not make much sense in the context.


Note: the Bulgarian translation is something like "supreme muggle enemy" which makes even less sense.




Answer



The Supreme Mugwump is the name for the head of the International Confederation of Wizards.


The International Confederation of Wizards is a wizarding intergovernmental organisation, roughly equivalent to the United Nations.


Sometime before 1991, Albus Dumbledore was appointed as a representative of the British Ministry of Magic to the International Confederation and became Supreme Mugwump, but was dismissed from his position following the Ministry's denunciation of Voldemort's return in 1995. He was restored as a member after the Ministry's acceptance of Voldemort's return, in 1996, but not as Supreme Mugwump.


If you are asking what does the word mean I have found this.



Mugwump (pronounced /ˈmʌɡwʌmp/) This archetypal American word derives from the Algonquian dialect of Native Americans in Massachusetts. In their language, it meant “war leader”. The Puritan missionary John Eliot used it in his translation of the Bible into their language in 1663 to convey the English words duke, officer and captain. Mugwump was brought into English in the early nineteenth century as a humorous term for a boss, bigwig, grand panjandrum, or other person in authority, although often one of a minor and inconsequential sort.



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