Badger
Badger ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Of uncertain origin; perh. from 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, English]
Badger , noun
[Old English bageard, prob. from 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.
2.
A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.
Collocations (1)
Badger ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[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.
2.
To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.