English Explanatory Dictionary

badger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any mammal belonging to the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea.
  2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
  3. A brush made of badger hair.
  4. A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
  5. A person who is very fond of cricket.
verb
  1. To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.
noun
  1. An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker or huckster; especially one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
noun
  1. A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin.
name
  1. A village in Shropshire, England.
  2. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
  3. A habitational surname from Old English.
noun
  1. A child member of the St John Ambulance medical volunteering organisation.

Pronunciation

/ˈbæd͡ʒə/ /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ en-us-badger.ogg en-au-badger.ogg

Word forms

badger badgers badgering badgered

Etymology

From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.

Synonyms

brock Wisconsinite bait hound badger bedevil beleaguer persecute bug devil beset chevy give someone grief harass harry pester pick at plague vex

Related words

cete meline sett set Animals

Derived words

American badger Asian badger badgerbrush Badger Creek badger dog badger game badgerhood badger-legged badgerlike badgerly Eurasian badger European badger ferret-badger hog badger honey badger Indian badger merit badger overdraw the badger rock badger sand badger stink badger stinking badger badgerer
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