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{{quote|But these creatures of [[Isengard]], these [[half-orcs]] and goblin-men that the foul craft of [[Saruman]] has bred, they will not quail at the [[sun]].|[[Gamling]]<ref name=tt7>{{TT|Deep}}</ref>}}
{{quote|But these creatures of [[Isengard]], these [[half-orcs]] and goblin-men that the foul craft of [[Saruman]] has bred, they will not quail at the [[sun]].|[[Gamling]]<ref name=tt7>{{TT|Deep}}</ref>}}
'''Goblin-men''' were a people or race of creatures that were bred by [[Saruman]], apparently by blending the races of [[Orcs]] and [[Men]].{{Fact}}<!--weasel words-->
'''Goblin-men''' were a people or race of creatures that were bred by [[Saruman]]. They were similar with the [[Half-orcs]], at least in their resistance to the sunlight, an attribute that differentiated them from the full [[Orcs]]. They fought alongside Half-orcs, [[Hill-men]] and [[Dunlendings]] in the [[Battle of the Hornburg]].<ref name=tt7/>
 
They were similar with the [[Half-orcs]], at least in their resistance to the sunlight, an attribute that differentiated them from the full [[Orcs]].<ref name=tt7/>
 
The [[Squint-eyed Southerner]] was possibly a Goblin-man, as [[Frodo Baggins]] commented that he looked "more than half like a [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]]."<ref>{{FR|Knife}}</ref>
 
It is also possible that "Goblin-men" is another term for the [[Uruk-hai]], as previously Uruk-hai were called "Goblin-soldiers", when Boromir observes the fallen Uruk-hai -
 
"There were four goblin-soldiers of greater stature, swart, slant-eyed, with thick legs and large hands. They were armed with short broad-bladed swords, not with the curved scimitars usual with Orcs: and they had bows of yew, in length and shape like the bows of Men."<ref>{{TT|Departure}}</ref>
 
"Men" is often used as a term for soldiers in general. We know that both Goblin-men and the Uruk-hai are sun resistant, and that Uruk-hai and Half-orcs both fought along side the [[Hill-men]] and [[Dunlendings]] in the [[Battle of the Hornburg]].<ref name=tt7/>
If the Goblin-men were not the same as Uruk-hai, it would be strange for Gamling not to have mentioned the Uruk-hai as also not quailing in the sun along with the Half-orcs. The Uruk-hai are shown to gloat about their own sun resistance during this battle. -
 
"'What of the dawn?' they jeered. 'We are the Uruk-hai: we do not stop the fight for night or day, for fair weather or for storm. We come to kill, by sun or moon. What of the dawn?'"<ref name=tt7>{{TT|Deep}}</ref>
 


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"But these creatures of Isengard, these half-orcs and goblin-men that the foul craft of Saruman has bred, they will not quail at the sun."
Gamling[1]

Goblin-men were a people or race of creatures that were bred by Saruman. They were similar with the Half-orcs, at least in their resistance to the sunlight, an attribute that differentiated them from the full Orcs. They fought alongside Half-orcs, Hill-men and Dunlendings in the Battle of the Hornburg.[1]

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