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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
battledore
 
SYLLABICATION:bat·tle·dore
PRONUNCIATION:  btl-dôr
NOUN:1a. An early form of badminton played with a flat wooden paddle and a shuttlecock. b. The paddle used in this game. 2. A badminton racket.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English batildore, perhaps blend of betel, bat; see beetle3 and Old Provençal batedor, bat (from battre, to beat, from Late Latin battere; see batter1).
 
 
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