Badger

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæd͡ʒə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/ Hyphenation: Bad‧ger Rhymes: -ædʒə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === See Badger State. ==== Noun ==== Badger (plural Badgers) A native or resident of the American state of Wisconsin. === Etymology 2 === From Old English *Bæcg (“a personal name”) + ofer (“hill spur”). The name of the town in Newfoundland likely derives from the surname of one of its first inhabitants. ==== Proper noun ==== Badger A village in Shropshire, England. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. A habitational surname from Old English. === Etymology 3 === From badger, the animal. ==== Noun ==== Badger (plural Badgers) A child member of the St John Ambulance medical volunteering organisation. === Anagrams === barged, garbed