Etymology

badminton

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Today it means: A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English. Full definition →

Old English Badimyncgtun
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badminton · noun1

Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England. For the house name, see Badminton.

Badminton · proper noun2

  1. Old English · derived fromBadimyncgtun“estate of (a man called) Baduhelm”
  2. English todayBadminton

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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