house-elf
Bound magical helper
A house-elf is a magical creature in the Harry Potter fantasy series—a small, humanoid servant bound to serve a wizarding family.
House-elves perform domestic labor and can only be freed when their master gives them clothing.
The concept has become shorthand for invisible or undervalued domestic workers: She felt like a house-elf, cleaning up after everyone.
Involuntary subjugation to another
- enslavementForced human ownership
- masterAuthority or controller
- boundSecured or destined
- servileExcessively submissive, lacking independence
obedience · freedom · sock · clothes · liberation · ownership · compulsion · punishment
Woman's name from antiquity
- activismDirect effort for reform
- wagesPayment for work
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- liberationRelease from constraint
oppression · exploitation · abolition · equality · dignity · treatment · welfare · campaigning
Preparing food with heat
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
- servingMeasured food portion
- laundryItems needing cleaning
- polishingSmoothing by friction
scrubbing · ironing · housekeeping · kitchen · Hogwarts · butler · maid · caretaker
Visible supernatural manifestation
- wandlessWithout a casting tool
- powerfulHaving great strength
- innateExisting since birth
- teleportationInstantaneous displacement across space
snapping fingers · enchantment · protective · disarming · levitation · invisible · ancient · undetectable
bondage
Involuntary subjugation to another
- enslavementForced human ownership
- masterAuthority or controller
- boundSecured or destined
servile · obedience · freedom · sock · clothes · liberation · ownership · compulsion · punishment · self-harm
Hermione
Woman's name from antiquity
liberation · oppression · exploitation · abolition · equality · dignity · treatment · welfare · campaigning · badges
cooking
Preparing food with heat
polishing · scrubbing · ironing · housekeeping · kitchen · Hogwarts · butler · maid · caretaker · meals
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
teleportation · snapping fingers · enchantment · protective · disarming · levitation · invisible · ancient · undetectable · summoning
house-elfmaster of the house
Home's primary authority figure
lord of the manor · property owner · employer · houseguest · mistress
house, elf, houses, housed, housing, housebound, household, housewife, housekeeper