# The Hungarian — Lavengro character guide

> The Hungarian in Lavengro by George Borrow.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Hungarian, the Hungarian

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A traveler who shares stories of Hungary with Lavengro.

## In the story

### [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxviii)

A tall foreigner who smokes a long pipe and proudly identifies himself as a Magyar (Hungarian), not a German.

### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xxxix)

A poor Hungarian nobleman and equerry, educated at the Reformed College of Debreczen, well-versed in Hungarian history and literature; buys the narrator's horse and shares stories of Tekeli, Hunyadi, and Baba Yaga.

### [The Toast to the Romany Rye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xl)

Criticizes Walter Scott for misrepresenting gypsy language and Slavic mythology; expresses nationalist pride and disdain for Scott's politics.

### [The Jockey's Tale of Crime and Kinship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xli)

Comments on the thieves' Latin, linking it to Roth-Welsch and the influence of priests.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lavengro_se/chapters/xlii)

Intervenes to prevent a fight, praises Lavengro's learning, and mediates the dispute.

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