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A badger is any of several species of short-legged, heavy-set carnivores in the weasel family.

Badger may also refer to:

Places

People

Badger (person), an archaic English term for a dealer in food
Badger (surname)
Dorgon (lit. "badger") (1612–1650), Manchu prince and regent of the Qing dynasty
Vadym Sukharevsky (call sign Badger) (born 1984), Ukrainian military officer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

Badger (comics), a comic book character and series created in 1982
Badger (Firefly), a minor character from the American TV show Firefly
Badger (Monarch of the Glen), a character from UK TV series Monarch of the Glen
Badger, a character in the children's book The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Badger, a character in the children's novel The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann
Badger, a character in the English children's television programme Bodger and Badger
Badger (Breaking Bad), a character in the television show Breaking Bad
Bill Badger, the main character of a series of books by Denys Watkins-Pitchford including Bill Badger and the Pirates
Lt. Cdr. Robert Badger (The Artful Bodger), a character in several John Winton naval novels
Badger Beadon, a character from Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
Badger Lords, of whom there are several in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
Badger Myer, the younger brother in the film Better Off Dead

Music

Badger (band), an early 1970s rock band featuring Tony Kaye, ex-Yes
Badger, an album by The Figgs

Television

Badger (TV series), a 1999 British series starring Jerome Flynn
"The Badger", Season 2, Episode 9 of Ozark

Other arts, entertainment, and media

Badgers (animation) or Badger Badger Badger, a short animation by Jonti Picking
Badger Books, a British paperback imprint of the 1950s and '60s
The Badger (newspaper), a newspaper published by the University of Sussex

Transport

Badger (automobile company), a car company in Wisconsin from 1910 to 1911
Badger, an Amtrak train on the Chicago-Milwaukee (U.S.) corridor now served by the Hiawatha
Badger armoured engineering vehicle, a modified version of the Leopard 1 tank, used by the Canadian and German armies
Nikola Badger, a cancelled proposed electric pickup truck
Badger Bus, a service between Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Badgerline, a bus company in the southwest of England
British Rail Class 89, nicknamed "The Badger", an electric locomotive developed by British Rail
S.S. Badger, an auto/passenger ferry operating on Lake Michigan, U.S.
Tupolev Tu-16, NATO codename Badger, a Soviet twin-engine jet bomber
USS William Badger (1861), an American Civil War Union supply ship and ship's tender

Other uses

Badger, to direct argumentative questions at a person
Badger, the South African variant of the Finnish Patria AMV (Armored Modular Vehicle)
Badger Ales, beers brewed by Hall & Woodhouse
Badger Game, an extortion scheme
Breezy Badger, a code name for version 5.10 of the Linux software Ubuntu
Brock Badgers, athletics teams for Brock University, Canada
St John Badger, a youth member (aged 5–10) of the St John Ambulance voluntary organisation
Upshot-Knothole Badger, a 1953 nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site, U.S.
MMH-Badger MAC, a hashing scheme for a message authentication code

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+{{wiktionary|badger}}
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+A '''[[badger]]''' is any of several species of short-legged, heavy-set carnivores in the weasel family.
-A '''Badger'''
+'''Badger''' may also refer to:
-*is an animal of the typical genus [[Meles]] or of the [[Mustelidae]], with a distinctive black and white striped face - see [[Badger (animal)]].
+{{TOC right}}
+==Places==
-*was, in [[English language|English]], a dealer in food - [[Badger (person)]].
+===Australia===
+* [[Badger Island]], Tasmania
+* [[Little Badger Island]], Tasmania
+===Canada===
-* is the mascot of the [[University of Wisconsin]]; hence an alumnus of UW could be expected to respond to the salutation: "Fellow Badgers ..."
+* [[Badger, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
+===United Kingdom===
-*is the name of a number of towns in the [[USA]]
-**[[Badger, Iowa]]
+* [[Badger, Shropshire]]
-**[[Badger Township]], [[Polk County, Minnesota]]
-**[[Badger, Minnesota]]
-**[[Badger, South Dakota]]
+===United States===
-*appears in a catchy flash animation. See [[Badger_Badger_Badger]].
+* [[Badger, Alaska]]
+* [[Badger, California]]
+* [[Badger Hill, California]]
+* [[Badger, Iowa]]
+* [[Badger, Minnesota]]
+* [[Badger, South Dakota]]
+* [[Badger, Washington]]
+* [[Badger, Wisconsin]]
+* [[Badger Valley]], a valley in Wisconsin
+* [[Badger's Island]], Kittery, Maine
+* [[Wisconsin]], "The Badger State"
+** [[Bucky Badger]], mascot of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
+** [[Wisconsin Badgers]], the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
+==People==
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+* [[Badger (person)]], an archaic English term for a dealer in food
-''This is a [[wikipedia:disambiguation|disambiguation]] page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix the link, so that it points to the appropriate page.''
+* [[Badger (surname)]]
+* [[Dorgon]] (lit. "badger") (1612–1650), Manchu prince and regent of the Qing dynasty
+* [[Vadym Sukharevsky]] (call sign Badger) (born 1984), Ukrainian military officer
+==Arts, entertainment, and media==
+===Fictional characters===
+{{details|List of fictional badgers}}
+* [[Badger (comics)]], a comic book character and series created in 1982
+* [[Badger (Firefly)|Badger (''Firefly'')]], a minor character from the American TV show ''Firefly''
+* [[Badger (Monarch of the Glen)|Badger (''Monarch of the Glen'')]], a character from UK TV series ''Monarch of the Glen''
+* Badger, a character in the children's book ''[[The Wind in the Willows]]'' by Kenneth Grahame
+* Badger, a character in the children's novel ''[[The Animals of Farthing Wood (book)|The Animals of Farthing Wood]]'' by Colin Dann
+* Badger, a character in the English children's television programme ''[[Bodger and Badger]]''
+* [[Badger (Breaking Bad)|Badger (''Breaking Bad'')]], a character in the television show ''Breaking Bad''
+* Bill Badger, the main character of a series of books by Denys Watkins-Pitchford including ''[[Bill Badger and the Pirates]]''
+* Lt. Cdr. Robert Badger (''The Artful Bodger''), a character in several [[John Winton]] naval novels
+* Badger Beadon, a character from ''[[Why Didn't They Ask Evans?]]'' by Agatha Christie
+* Badger Lords, of whom there are several in the ''[[Redwall]]'' series by Brian Jacques
+* Badger Myer, the younger brother in the film [[Better Off Dead (film)|Better Off Dead]]
+===Music===
+* [[Badger (band)]], an early 1970s rock band featuring Tony Kaye, ex-Yes
+* ''Badger'', an album by [[The Figgs]]
+===Television===
+* [[Badger (TV series)|''Badger'' (TV series)]], a 1999 British series starring Jerome Flynn
+* "The Badger", Season 2, Episode 9 of ''[[Ozark (TV series)|Ozark]]''
+===Other arts, entertainment, and media===
+* [[Badgers (animation)|''Badgers'' (animation)]] or ''Badger Badger Badger'', a short animation by Jonti Picking
+* [[Badger Books]], a British paperback imprint of the 1950s and '60s
+* [[The Badger (newspaper)|''The Badger'' (newspaper)]], a newspaper published by the University of Sussex
+==Transport==
+* [[Badger (automobile company)]], a car company in Wisconsin from 1910 to 1911
+* ''Badger'', an Amtrak train on the Chicago-Milwaukee (U.S.) corridor now served by the ''[[Hiawatha (Amtrak train)|Hiawatha]]''
+* Badger armoured engineering vehicle, a modified version of the [[Leopard 1#Modified and derivative vehicles|Leopard 1]] tank, used by the Canadian and German armies
+* [[Nikola Badger]], a cancelled proposed electric pickup truck
+* [[Badger Bus]], a service between Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
+* [[Badgerline]], a bus company in the southwest of England
+* [[British Rail Class 89]], nicknamed "The Badger", an electric locomotive developed by British Rail
+* [[S.S. Badger|S.S. ''Badger'']], an auto/passenger ferry operating on Lake Michigan, U.S.
+* [[Tupolev Tu-16]], NATO codename ''Badger'', a Soviet twin-engine jet bomber
+* [[USS William Badger (1861)|USS ''William Badger'' (1861)]], an American Civil War Union supply ship and ship's tender
+==Other uses==
+* Badger, to direct [[argumentative]] questions at a person
+* Badger, the South African variant of the Finnish [[Patria AMV]] (Armored Modular Vehicle)
+* Badger Ales, beers brewed by [[Hall & Woodhouse]]
+* [[Badger Game]], an extortion scheme
+* Breezy Badger, a code name for version 5.10 of the Linux software [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
+* [[Brock Badgers]], athletics teams for Brock University, Canada
+* St John Badger, a youth member (aged 5–10) of the [[St. John Ambulance in England and Wales|St John Ambulance]] voluntary organisation
+* [[Upshot-Knothole Badger]], a 1953 nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site, U.S.
+* [[MMH-Badger MAC]], a hashing scheme for a message authentication code
+==See also==
+{{canned search|badger}}
+* {{srt|1}}
+* [[Bâdgir]], an Iranian windcatcher
+{{disambiguation|geo}}