Bullroarer : The title given to Bandobras Took,the nearest thing in Hobbit history to a great warrior.Tall enough to ride a horse,the Bullroarer was most famous for his rout of the goblins at the Battle of Greenfields.
Chief : Title given to the leader of the Shire during the time it was under the control of Saruman's forces, nominally given to his puppet,Lotho Sackville-Baggins.
Cock-robin : A nickname for Robin Smallburrow,one the Shire's band of Shirriffs.Sam Gamgee used it when he encountered his old friend Robin and troop of Shirriffs after returning from the southern lands.
Ernil i Pheriannath : 'Prince of the Halflings',a title given to Peregrin Took by the people of Minas Tirith.
Fat : There are few characters in Tolkien's works whose defining characteristic is their girth.Perhaps the best known and indeed the only one mentioned by name in The Lord of the Rings,is Forlong the Fat, the Lord of Lossarnach who met his fate in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.In his Letters,though,Tolkien introduces us to a character who shares Forlong's title - Lalia the Fat,the widow of Thain Fortinbras Took II of the Shire.
Gardner : The name taken by the descendants of Samwise Gamgee and Rose Cotton in honour of Sam's replanting of the Shire after the War of the Ring.
Goldfather : A nickname of the Master of Buckland Rorimac Brandybuck,who was also known as 'Old Rory'.
Greenhanded : The title or nickname given to Holman of Hobbiton,who gardened there long before his descendant Sam Gamgee took on that role.'The greenhanded' seems to be meant as a descriptive nickname,so he was most likely the founder of the gardening tradition that was passed on through his family.Both his son Halfred and grandson Holman followed this same tradition,taking the surname Greenhand.Holman Greenhand passed on his gardening skills to his distant cousin Hamfast Gamgee and in turn Hamfast's son Sam took on the mantle of gardener in Hobbiton.
Halfling,the : Title given to Frodo Baggins in Gondor after he accomplished the Quest of Mount Doom.
Halflings : A name for Hobbits used by Men;it was originally given to them by the tall D�nedain,who were literally twice the height of a typical Hobbit.
Holbytlan : An old word from the language of the Northmen (the ancestral speech of the Rohirrim),said to mean 'hole-builders'.'Holbytlan' is the ultimate source of the name 'Hobbit'.
Holdwine : The name given to Meriadoc Brandybuck among the Rohirrim and used by them to record his deeds in their annals.Its meaning is never given explicitly but it seems to be something close to 'lover of burrows' (that is,a term with a similar meaning to 'hobbit').
Kalimac Brandagamba : The actual form of the Hobbit name anglicised by Tolkien as 'Meriadoc Brandybuck'.
Kuduk : The actual Westron word that is translated as 'Hobbit' by Tolkien;it is suggested that this developed from an older word,k�d-d�kan,meaning 'hole-dweller'.
Little People : A name among Men for Hobbit-kind,used especially where the two races dwelt together,as at Bree.
Long Horn : The nickname of Rose Cotton's grandfather,Holman Cotton of Bywater.It originally appeared in the form 'Long Holm' and so apparently referred to Holman's unusual height.
Magnificent : A title flatteringly given to Smaug the Dragon of Erebor by Bilbo Baggins.It was also used of Meriadoc Brandybuck after his return from the War of the Ring.
Master of Buckland : Hereditary title of the head of the Brandybuck family,descended from Gorhendad Oldbuck who founded the march-land of Buckland and built Brandy Hall.
Master of the Hall : A title given to the head of the Brandybuck family of Brandy Hall in Buckland,equivalent to 'Master of Buckland'.
Mayor of Michel Delving : The title held by the leader of Michel Delving,the 'capital' of the Shire.Over time,the power of the Mayor grew to encompass all the lands of the Shire.
Mayor of the Shire : A common form of the title Mayor of Michel Delving;a position of considerable influence among the Hobbits of the Shire.
Old Gammidgy : A nickname acquired by Hob Gammidge of Tighfield.Both Hob and his son,Hobson,followed a roping tradition and Hobson gained a nickname of his own,based on the name Gammidgy;he became known as Roper Gamgee,the first use of the surname that would later be borne by Hobson's grandson Sam.
Old Took : Title given the Thain Gerontius Took,in honour of his great age.
Periannath : 'Halflings',an Elvish name for Hobbits.
Prince of the Halflings : A noble title given to Peregrin Took during his time in Minas Tirith in the War of the Ring, a translation of the Elvish Ernil i Pheriannath.Though exaggerated,it wasn't entirely inapt;he was after all the heir to the Thain of the Shire.
Proudneck : The nickname given to Madoc Brandybuck,who was Master of Buckland some 200 years before the War of the Ring and a distant ancestor of Meriadoc Brandybuck.
Ranugad : In his translation of the Red Book of Westmarch,Tolkien anglicised many hobbit names.'Ranugad' is an example of this process - it is the real name of the hobbit named Hamfast Gamgee in the Lord of the Rings. Ranugad (often abbreviated to 'Ran') had a very similar meaning to the translated name, Hamfast.
Ring-bearers : The title used for those three Hobbits (Bilbo Baggins,Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee) who had at one time borne the One Ring and aided in its destruction.
Ring-finder : A title given to Bilbo Baggins,who came upon the One Ring in an orc-hold of the Misty Mountains.
Roper Gamgee : A name given to Hobson the son of Hob Gammidge.He followed in his father's work as a roper in Tighfield and so was given the name Roper Gamgee ('Gamgee' being a corruption of his father's nickname 'Gammidgy').He handed the family name down to his son Hamfast and his grandson Samwise.
Shire-folk : A common term for the Hobbits who lived in the Shire.
Shire-thain : The ruler of the Shire,thain simply means Chief.
Shirriffs : The title given to those who kept order in the Shire,somewhat akin to a 'police force'.Normally few in number,the Shirriffs were greatly increased during the time of the War of the Ring.
Travellers : The name in the Shire for the four Hobbits who travelled with the Company of the Ring;Frodo Baggins,Samwise Gamgee,Peregrin Took and Meriadoc Brandybuck.
Warden of Westmarch : The Westmarch,the land between the Tower Hills and the Far Downs,was added to the Shire some years after the War of the Ring.Its first Warden,appointed by Thain Peregrin,was Fastred of Greenholm.The title was hereditary,passed by Fastred to his son Elfstan Fairbairn and associated from then on with the Fairbairns of the Towers.
