badger
English
/ˈbædʒə/, /ˈbædʒɚ/
noun
Definitions
- Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and (American badger).
- A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
- (obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
- (in the plural) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bageard (marked by a badge) affix from English badge (an item worn and displayed by police officers).
Origin
English
badge
Gloss
an item worn and displayed by police officers
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- badge English
- badge bunny English
- badgeless English
- badgelike English
- badgemaking English
- badgeman English
- badgerer English
- badgerhood English
- badgerlike English
- badgerly English
- badgework English
- rebadge English
- rock English
- rock badger English
- badge French
- бедж Russian
- bacher Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- バッジ Japanese
- badge Middle English
- bageard Middle English
- แบดเจอร์ Thai
- dassie Afrikaans
- 배지 Korean