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badg·er
 (b j  r)
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NOUN:
badg·ered , badg·er·ing , badg·ers
ETYMOLOGY: Perhaps from badge WORD HISTORY: Our name for the Eurasian species of this mammal, which is noted for defending its burrow like a knight of old, may come from the badger's knightly emblem. The creature's white head with a broad black stripe on each side of the snout may have brought to mind a badge, hence badger. Good evidence supporting this theory is that an earlier name for the animal was bauson, which comes from the Old French word baucenc, usually referring to a white patch on a horse and also meaning "badger." Bauson is first recorded by 1375, badger in 1523.
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