[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

badger \badg"er\, n. of uncertain origin; perh. fr. an old verb
   badge to lay up provisions to sell again.
   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.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

badger \badg"er\, n. oe. bageard, prob. fr. badge + -ard, in
   reference to the white mark on its forehead. see badge,n.
   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 meles
      meles or meles vulgaris, called also brock, inhabits
      the north of europe and asia; another species taxidea
      taxus or taxidea americana or taxidea labradorica
      inhabits the northern parts of north america. see
      teledu.
      1913 webster

   2. a brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
      1913 webster

   badger dog. zool. see dachshund.
      1913 webster
see also:
badge meles meles meles meles vulgaris brock taxidea taxus 
taxidea americana taxidea labradorica teledu badger dog dachshund 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

badger \badg"er\, v. t. imp.  p. p. badgered; p. pr.  vb.
   n. badgering. for sense 1, see 2d badger; for 2, see
   1st badger.
   1. to tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or
      irritate persistently.
      1913 webster

   2. to beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.
      1913 webster
see also:
badgered badgering badger 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

badger
     n : sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws widely
         distributed in the northern hemisphere
     v 1: annoy persistently; "the children teased the boy because of
          his stammer" syn: tease, pester, bug, beleaguer
     2: persuade through constant efforts
see also:
tease pester bug beleaguer 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

74 moby thesaurus words for "badger":
   aggravate, annoy, bait, be at, bedevil, beset, blackmail, bother,
   bristle, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, chivy, devil,
   discompose, distemper, disturb, dog, exact, exasperate, exercise,
   extort, fash, force from, get, gripe, harass, harry, heckle,
   hector, hound, irk, levy blackmail, miff, molest, nag, needle,
   nettle, nudzh, peeve, persecute, pester, pick on, pique, plague,
   pluck the beard, pother, provoke, pry loose from, rend, rend from,
   ride, rile, rip, rip from, roil, ruffle, screw, shake down,
   snatch from, squeeze, tear from, tease, torment, try the patience,
   tweak the nose, vex, worry, wrench, wrench from, wrest, wring,
   wring from

[6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

badger
   this word is found in ex. 25:5; 26:14; 35:7, 23; 36:19; 39:34;
   num. 4:6, etc. the tabernacle was covered with badgers' skins;
   the shoes of women were also made of them ezek. 16:10. our
   translators seem to have been misled by the similarity in sound
   of the hebrew _tachash_ and the latin _taxus_, "a badger." the
   revisers have correctly substituted "seal skins." the arabs of
   the sinaitic peninsula apply the name _tucash_ to the seals and
   dugongs which are common in the red sea, and the skins of which
   are largely used as leather and for sandals. though the badger
   is common in palestine, and might occur in the wilderness, its
   small hide would have been useless as a tent covering. the
   dugong, very plentiful in the shallow waters on the shores of
   the red sea, is a marine animal from 12 to 30 feet long,
   something between a whale and a seal, never leaving the water,
   but very easily caught. it grazes on seaweed, and is known by
   naturalists as halicore tabernaculi.
   

[7] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

badger, ia city, fips 4195
  location: 42.61231 n, 94.14260 w
  population 1990: 569 214 housing units
  area: 4.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 50516
badger, mn city, fips 3160
  location: 48.77609 n, 96.02071 w
  population 1990: 381 176 housing units
  area: 3.4 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 56714
badger, sd town, fips 3060
  location: 44.48571 n, 97.20940 w
  population 1990: 114 53 housing units
  area: 2.5 sq km land, 0.0 sq km water
  zip codes: 57214

[8] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

badger, ia -- u.s. city in iowa
   population 2000:    610
   housing units 2000: 232
   land area 2000:     1.691226 sq. miles 4.380256 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.691226 sq. miles 4.380256 sq. km
   fips code:            04195
   located within:       iowa ia, fips 19
   location:             42.615303 n, 94.144454 w
   zip codes 1990:     50516
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    badger, ia
    badger

[9] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

badger, sd -- u.s. town in south dakota
   population 2000:    144
   housing units 2000: 66
   land area 2000:     1.064676 sq. miles 2.757498 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.064676 sq. miles 2.757498 sq. km
   fips code:            03060
   located within:       south dakota sd, fips 46
   location:             44.485685 n, 97.207380 w
   zip codes 1990:     57214
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    badger, sd
    badger

[10] : U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

badger, mn -- u.s. city in minnesota
   population 2000:    470
   housing units 2000: 228
   land area 2000:     1.332007 sq. miles 3.449882 sq. km
   water area 2000:    0.000000 sq. miles 0.000000 sq. km
   total area 2000:    1.332007 sq. miles 3.449882 sq. km
   fips code:            03160
   located within:       minnesota mn, fips 27
   location:             48.780003 n, 96.016780 w
   zip codes 1990:     56714
   note: some zip codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   headwords:
    badger, mn
    badger

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