Badminton is a racquet sport played by two opposing players or two opposing pairs. Badminton may also refer to: Badminton, Blaenau Gwent, a community in Wales Badminton, Gloucestershire, a village in England giving its name to Badminton House, the estate of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire Badminton Horse Trials, the three-day event Badminton School in Bristol, England Badminton (album), the 2003 album by breakcore artist Venetian Snares Badmingtons, a punk rock band from the Republic of Macedonia The Badminton Library, a series of books on sport from the turn of the twentieth century