BADGER

A licensed dealer in grain; a hawker, a peddler; also, the name of a small animal.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

BADGER. 1. A huxtcr or hawker. " If any person shall act as a badger without license, he is to forfeit five pounds." Jacob's Law Diet. The etymon seems to be the Fr. hagagicr, or baggage-carrier. " Badger is as much to say as Bagger, of the Fr. word baggage, i. e., sarcina ; and it is used with us for one that is licensed to bu3' corn or other victuals in one place, and

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.