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.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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 (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of North America. See Teledu.

2. A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists.

Badger dog. (Zo["o]l.) See Dachshund.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

2. To beat down; to cheapen; to barter; to bargain.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)