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| name=Holman Cotton | |||
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| othernames="Long Hom" | |||
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| location=[[Bywater]] | |||
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| birth={{SR|1302}} | |||
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| family=[[Cotton Family|Cotton]] | |||
| parentage=[[Cotman]] and [[Rose (daughter of Holman)|Rose]] | |||
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| children=[[Farmer Cotton|Tom]] and [[Wilcome Cotton I|Will]] | |||
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'''Holman "Long Hom" Cotton''' was a Hobbit of [[Bywater]]. | |||
[[Category:Hobbits]] | ==History== | ||
[[Category:Cotton]] | Holman was the son of [[Cotman]]. He moved to [[Bywater]], and took up the family name "[[Cotton Family|Cotton]]". He became a farmer, which passed to his son, [[Tolman Cotton Senior|Tom]]. He also had another son, [[Wilcome Cotton I|Will]].<ref>{{App|Gamgee}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | |||
Holman means "hole-man", and is distinct from the real-life English surname<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 760</ref> which contains ''holm'' "river island" rather than ''hol'' "hole".<ref>{{HM|IE}}, "Giving of Names"</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 09:10, 21 November 2014
Holman Cotton | |
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Hobbit | |
Biographical Information | |
Other names | "Long Hom" |
Location | Bywater |
Birth | S.R. 1302 |
Family | |
Family | Cotton |
Parentage | Cotman and Rose |
Children | Tom and Will |
Physical Description | |
Gender | Male |
Holman "Long Hom" Cotton was a Hobbit of Bywater.
History
Holman was the son of Cotman. He moved to Bywater, and took up the family name "Cotton". He became a farmer, which passed to his son, Tom. He also had another son, Will.[1]
Etymology
Holman means "hole-man", and is distinct from the real-life English surname[2] which contains holm "river island" rather than hol "hole".[3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix C, "The Longfather-tree of Master Samwise"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 760
- ↑ Jim Allan (1978), An Introduction to Elvish, "Giving of Names"