badminton English · revision 1930

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/, /ˈbæd.mɪt.ən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is named after [[Badminton]], the country seat of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) where the game was first played in England.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1995) British officers had brought it from India, where it was called ''poona''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) The place name is Old English ''Badimyncgtun'' (972), “estate of a man called Baduhelm”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar and soda water (1845).^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Like the drink, the game took its name from the Beaufort estate.^(OED 1989) The game sense is recorded from 1874^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) and is now the only common one.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1835–45 – Random House's dating.^(RHWU)

+ * 1845 – a summer drink.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1874 – the game.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A game played on a court with light, long-handled [[racket|alt=rackets]], in which a [[shuttlecock]] is hit back and forth over a high net.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(dated)'' A summer drink of [[claret]], sugar and soda water.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[shuttlecock]]

+ * [[battledore]]

+ * [[tennis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}