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badger.

Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbæd͡ʒə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/General-American
  1. Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.

  2. A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.

  3. A brush made of badger hair.

    obsolete
  4. A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.

    in-plural · obsolete
  5. A person who is very fond of cricket.

    slang
Where this word comes from

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.

verb/ˈbæd͡ʒə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/General-American
  1. To pester; to annoy persistently; to press.

    transitive
    He kept badgering her about her bad habits.
Where this word comes from

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.

noun/ˈbæd͡ʒə/Received-Pronunciation/ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/General-American
  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.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

Unknown Possibly from bagger. "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8.

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