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Tolkein

Tolkein is the misspelling of Tolkien.

Meaning of Tolkien

Proper noun

Tolkien (plural Tolkiens)

  1. (countable) A surname.
    1. (countable) British author J. R. R. Tolkien
      • A curious feature of cinema in 2001 was the sudden clutch of movies made from books which had attained the status of sacred texts for their readers: Harry Potter, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Bridget Jones's Diary, as well as the Tolkien saga.2001 December 29, Mark Lawson, “Never ever mess with a hobbit”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2022

Questions about Tolkein

What is Tolkein the misspelling of?
Tolkein is the misspelling of Tolkien.

Words near Tolkein in the dictionary

  1. tolkach
  2. tolkachi
  3. tolkachs
  4. tolkachy
  5. Tolkacz
  6. Tolkein
  7. Tolkepaya
  8. Tolkie
  9. Tolkien
  10. Tolkiendil
  11. Tolkiendili

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tolkein (page history and authors); Tolkien (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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