badger

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a native or resident of Wisconsin
  2. noun sturdy carnivorous burrowing mammal with strong claws; widely distributed in the northern hemisphere
  3. verb annoy persistently

Etymology

From Middle English bageard (“marked by a badge”), from bage (“badge”), referring to the animal's badge-like white blaze, equivalent to badge + -ard. Displaced earlier brock, from Old English brocc.

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