badminton

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A racquet sport in which players hit a shuttlecock over a high net, usually played indoors.

   We played badminton in the gym after school.

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Simplified etymology

Badminton probably takes its name from the place in southwestern England that was the country seat of the Duke of Beaufort. A more competitive version of the older game called battledore and shuttlecock was brought back from India by army officers in the 19th century and became popular in English country houses.

The place name is from Old English Badimyncgtun (“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”), from the personal name *Bad (possibly also found in Frankish Badon) + helm + -ing + -tun.

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