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Pronunciation : Badg"er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb badge to lay up provisions to sell again.]
Definition : Defn: An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another. [Now dialectic, Eng.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Badg"er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in reference to the white mark on its forehead. See Badge,n.]
Definition : 1. A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. Badger dog. (Zo?l.) See Dachshund.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Badg"er
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [For sense 1, see 2d Badger; for 2, see 1st Badger.]
Definition : 1. To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently.

2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

t. [imp. & p. p. Badgered (p. pr. & vb. n. Badgering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913