Badebec, wife of Gargantua and mother of Pantagruel. She died in giving him birth, or rather in giving birth at the same time to 900 dromedaries laden with ham and smoked tongues, 7 camels laden with eels, and 25 waggons full of leeks, garlic, onions, and shallots.—Rabelais: Pantagruel, ii. 2(1533).
Badger (Will), sir Hugh Robsart’s favourite domestic.—Sir W. Scott: Kenilworth (time, Elizabeth).
Badger (Mr. Bayham), a medical practitioner at Chelsea, under whom Richard Carstone pursues his studies. Mr. Badger was a crisp-looking gentleman, with “surprised eyes;” very proud of being Mrs. Badger’s “third,” and always referring to her former two husbands, captain Swosser and professor Dingo.—C. Dickens: Bleak House (1853).