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bad⋅min⋅ton

  [bad-min-tn]
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–noun
a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with light rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a high net that divides the court in half.

Origin:
1835–45; named after Badminton, the country seat of the duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England
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bad·min·ton   (bād'mĭn'tən, -mĭt'n)   
n.  A sport played by volleying a shuttlecock back and forth over a high narrow net by means of a light, long-handled racket.

[After Badminton, the Duke of Beaufort's country seat in western England.]
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Badminton

Bad"min*ton\, n. [From the name of the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in England.]

1. A game, similar to lawn tennis, played with shuttlecocks.

2. A preparation of claret, spiced and sweetened.
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Language Translation for : Badminton
Spanish: bádminton,
German: das Badminton,
Japanese: バドミントン
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badminton 
1874, from Badminton House, name of Gloucestershire estate of the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England, mid-19c., having been picked up by British officers from Indian poona. The place name is O.E. Badimyncgtun (972), "estate of (a man called) Baduhelm."
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