badgern.[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.()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 (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.()Badger dog. (Zol.) See Dachshund.()v. t.[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.()