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Dates
The earliest known member of the family, Gundolpho Bolger, was born in III 2731 (1131 by the Shire-reckoning); the family survived into the Fourth Age
Race
Division
Largely descended from the Fallohides
Culture
Settlements
The Folkland of the Bolgers centred around Budgeford in the Shire's Eastfarthing
Pronunciation
bol'jer
Meaning
Derived from the original Hobbit-name Bolgra, denoting the girth of the family's members

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Bolger Family

An important family of the Shire

A Hobbit 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 and historical names, and so as well as Fredegar (the most prominent Bolger in Tolkien's work), we find such names as Fastolph, Gundabald and Odovacar among the Bolgers.


Notes

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Bolger is an anglicisation of the actual name used by the family, which was Bolgra. This name derived from a Common Speech root bolg, 'to bulge', so the family name reflects the general rotundity of its members.

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  • Updated 24 September 2019
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