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| The '''Malfoy family''' is a powerful wizard family in the ] series of books by ]. | The '''Malfoy family''' is a powerful wizard family in the ] series of books by ]. | ||
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| (derived from the ] term for bad faith, ''mal foi'' ) in the ] series, is the surname of three characters, the first two of whom are sometimes simply referred to by their surname: | |||
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| * ], ]'s nemesis at ] who has recently become a ]. | |||
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| * ], his father, also a Death Eater. | |||
| {{familytree | | | | Mama |~|y|~| GRP | | Mama=Unknown|GRP=]}} | |||
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| {{familytree | | | MOM |y| DAD |MOM=]|DAD=]}} | |||
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| {{familytree | | | | ME | ME=]}} | |||
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| Abraxus, a ], died before the series begins. The name of his wife is unknown. Their son Lucius is also a Death Eater. His wife Narcissa was born into the ] and was the cousin of ], ] godfather. Their son Draco is Harry's nemesis at ], and may also be a Death Eater. | |||
| Another member of the family, apparently dead before the series began, was ], Lucius's father. | |||
| ==Name== | ==Name== | ||
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The Malfoy family is a powerful wizard family in the Harry Potter series of books by J.K. Rowling.
Members
| Unknown | Abraxas Malfoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Narcissa Black | Lucius Malfoy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Draco Malfoy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abraxus, a Death Eater, died before the series begins. The name of his wife is unknown. Their son Lucius is also a Death Eater. His wife Narcissa was born into the Black family and was the cousin of Sirius Black, Harry Potter's godfather. Their son Draco is Harry's nemesis at Hogwarts, and may also be a Death Eater.
Name
"Malfoy" is derived from Old French "mal foi" or "mal foy", meaning "bad faith", or "bad trust". The Old French mal foy itself is derived from Latin mala fide, which as a judicial term means intentional mischief, ill will or evil intentions.
See also
Topics referred to by the same term
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