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bauson

American  
[baw-suhn] / ˈbɔ sən /

noun

Archaic.

  1. a badger (applied contemptuously to people).

Etymology

Origin of bauson

1275–1325; Middle English bausen, bauson < Middle French bausen, bauzan, variant of baucent, balcent bausond

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This Creature has several Names, as Gray, Brock, Boreson, or Bauson; and is hunted thus.

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This Creature has several Names, as Gray Brock, Boreson, or Bauson; and is hunted thus.

From Project Gutenberg

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