badger

badger
{{11}}badger (n.) 1520s, perhaps from bage "badge" (see BADGE (Cf. badge)) + -ard "one who carries some action or possesses some quality," suffix related to M.H.G. -hart "bold" (see -ARD (Cf. -ard)). If so, the central notion is the badge-like white blaze on the animal's forehead (Cf. Fr. blaireau "badger," from O.Fr. blarel, from bler "marked with a white spot;" also obs. M.E. bauson "badger," from O.Fr. bauzan, lit. "black-and-white spotted"). But BLAZE (Cf. blaze) (n.2) was the usual word for this. An Old English name for the creature was the Celtic borrowing BROCK (Cf. brock); also græg (M.E. grei, grey). In Amer.Eng., the nickname of inhabitants or natives of Wisconsin (1833).
{{12}}badger (v.) 1790, from BADGER (Cf. badger) (n.), based on the behavior of the dogs in the medieval sport of badger-baiting, still practiced in 18c. England. Related: Badgered; badgering.

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