badger
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badger¹
- /ˈbæd͡ʒə/ UK
- /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ædʒə(ɹ)
Where it 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 badgers
- Any member of species of the genera Meles, Arctonyx, Mellivora or Taxidea, of mammals.
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A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
Similar: brock, Wisconsinite
- A brush made of badger hair.
- A gang of robbers who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
- A person who is very fond of cricket.
badger²
- /ˈbæd͡ʒə/ UK
- /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ædʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Unknown Possibly from bagger. "Baggier" is cited by the OED in 1467-8.
noun badgers
- 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.
Badger³
- /ˈbæd͡ʒə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ædʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
See Badger State.
noun Badgers
- A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin.
Badger⁴
- /ˈbæd͡ʒə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ædʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Old English *Bæcg (“a personal name”) + ofer (“hill spur”).
The name of the town in Newfoundland likely derives from the surname of one of its first inhabitants.
proper noun
- A village in Shropshire, England.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Badger⁵
- /ˈbæd͡ʒə/ Australia, UK
- /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ Canada, US
Rhymes with -ædʒə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From badger, the animal.
noun Badgers
- A child member of the St John Ambulance medical volunteering organisation. She was also a leader, trainer and supervisor of the children's arm of St John's Ambulance (“the Badgers”). She worked over 50 hours a year but received no salary and was not required to attend events.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: bug, tease, beleaguer, harass, pester, skunk, weasel, sett, sucker, stalk, nag, tool, punk, roof, dork, irk
Translations
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noun a kind of mammal
| Español | tejón, tasugo, tajugo, melandro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오소리 osori |
| 日本語 | アナグマ anaguma, 穴熊 anaguma |
| 中文 | 獾 huān |
| हिन्दी | बिज्जू bijjū |
| Kiswahili | melesi |
| Português | texugo |
| Français | blaireau |
| Deutsch | Dachs |
| Italiano | tasso |
| Ελληνικά | ασβός asvós |
| Română | viezure, bursuc |
| Русский | барсу́к barsúk, язве́ц jazvéc |
| Tiếng Việt | lửng |
| العربية | غُرَيْر ḡurayr |
| עברית | גִּירִית girit |
verb pester
| Español | fastidiar, molestar, importunar |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 糾纏 /纠缠 jiūchán, 困擾 /困扰 kùnrǎo |
| Français | taper sur le système, casser les couilles, emmerder, les briser, beurrer la raie |
| Deutsch | belästigen, plagen, piesacken |
| Ελληνικά | ενοχλώ enochló, παρενοχλώ parenochló, πειράζω peirázo |
| Русский | дразни́ть draznítʹ, беспоко́ить bespokóitʹ, досажда́ть dosaždátʹ |
Talk about this word "badger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/badger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. badger. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/badger "badger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/badger.Cite this
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title = {badger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/badger},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
