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Hobbits are a fictional race in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth books. They first appear in ''The Hobbit'' and play an important role in the book ''The Lord of the Rings''. This is an alphabetical list of hobbit families that are mentioned by name in Tolkien's works. ==B== ;Baggins The Baggins family lived in the Shire, mostly in or near the town of Hobbiton. Evidently aristocratic landowners, they intermarried extensively with the two titled families of the Shire, the Tooks and the Brandybucks. It seems likely that the Bagginses were the major landowners and leading family of the area around Hobbiton. They were seen as respectable (indeed, as more respectable than the aristocratic Tooks) until Bilbo Baggins set out on the quest of Erebor with Gandalf the Grey and thirteen Dwarves: when he returned he was seen as odd or queer, but also extremely rich. Bilbo adopted his "nephew" Frodo Baggins, who inherited the ''smial'' of Bag End after Bilbo left. Frodo himself was involved in the quest of ''the Lord of the Rings'', which ended the War of the Ring. The Baggins clan traces their origin to the first recorded Baggins, one ''Balbo Baggins'', who was born in or near Hobbiton in 1167 of the Shire reckoning (2767 Third Age). Bilbo is a great-grandson of Balbo, as was Frodo's father Drogo. The name Baggins is a translation in English of the actual Westron name ''Labingi'', which was believed to be related to the Westron word ''labin'', "bag".〔Christopher Tolkien, ''The History of Middle-earth'', Volume XII, ''The Peoples of Middle-earth'', "The Appendix on Languages", p. 48.〕 After Bilbo and Frodo left, the only recorded Bagginses are the descendants of Bilbo's great-nephew ''Posco Baggins'', although many other descendants of Balbo Baggins are also recorded, under the ''Sackville-Bagginses'', as well as Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck (through various interfamily marriages). ;Banks Found in both the Shire and Bree. The name may have referred to dwellings along river banks. ;Boffin A family with many connections to the Bagginses and Tooks. Apparently found in the Yale, Overhill, and other areas surrounding Hobbiton. The name is an Anglicization of the old hobbit term 'Bophîn', of unknown meaning. ;Bolger The Bolgers (anglicization of ''Bolgra'', name of unknown meaning in Hobbitish Westron) are a family of Fallohidish origin, associated with the village of Budgeford, on the Water in the Eastfarthing of the Shire. In common with the Brandybucks and the Tooks, the Bolgers had a penchant for heroic names, and so as well as Fredegar Bolger (the most important Bolger in Tolkien's work), we find such noble names as Fastolph, Gundabald and Odovacar. ;Bophîn The Westron form of Boffin. ;Bracegirdle A family of hobbits living in Hardbottle and possibly other areas of the Shire. ;Brandagamba The Westron form of Brandybuck. ;Brandybuck An important family of Fallohide origin that founded and was primarily found in the Buckland. The Westron form of 'Brandybuck' was Brandagamba. This roughly translates into Borderland Buck or Borderland Young Man. ;Brockhouse Found in both the Shire and Bree. The name means 'badger house' and referred to the similarity between hobbit holes and badger dwellings. ;Brown Working class Shire hobbits. ;Brownlock Shire hobbits whose name may refer to brown hair. ;Bunce Hobbits of the Shire, possibly in the area around Michel Delving. ;Burrowes A name found only as one of those who was auctioning off Bag End at the end of ''The Hobbit'' and as an alternate spelling of 'Burrows' in Tolkien's notes. ;Burrows Hobbits of the Shire. The name likely referred to their underground dwellings. ;Butcher A name found only in the form Bill Butcher, the butcher of Michel Delving in the poem ''Perry-the-Winkle''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of hobbit families」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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