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Definition of Badge
1. Noun. An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.). "They checked everyone's badge before letting them in"
Specialized synonyms: Merit Badge, Insignia, I.d., Id, Black Belt, Blue Ribbon, Cordon Bleu, Button, Chevron, Grade Insignia, Stripe, Stripes, Stripe
2. Verb. Put a badge on. "The workers here must be badged"
3. Noun. Any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank). "Wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability"
Definition of Badge
1. n. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.
2. v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Definition of Badge
1. Noun. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization. ¹
2. Noun. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information. ¹
3. Noun. A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area. ¹
4. Noun. Something characteristic; a mark; a token. ¹
5. Noun. (1811 cant) A term used for one burned in the hand. ¹
6. Noun. (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one. ¹
7. Noun. (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings. ¹
8. Verb. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge. ¹
9. Verb. (transitive) To show a badge to. ¹
10. Verb. (transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Badge
1. to supply with an insignia [v BADGED, BADGING, BADGES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Badge
Literary usage of Badge
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education (1854)
"Such permit and badge shall not be issued until the officer issuing the same shall
... No permit or badge provided for herein shall be valid for any purpose ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"... placed behind the shield, is the badge of the Order of Ads. Out of abundant
proofs of the correctness of these assertions I may cite the following ..."
3. Flags of the World by Byron McCandless, Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (1917)
"Time badge of Malta is a gold-bordered shield of white ... The badge of time Isle
of Man consists of an escutcheon ..."
4. English Heraldry by Charles Boutell (1867)
"ANTHONY : it is sometimes borne on a badge, as in the Bishop's Palace at Exeter.
... The national badge of SCOTLAND, represented after its national aspect, ..."
5. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain (1897)
"Presently came the badge of the Club, and very dainty and and pretty it was; and
very artistic. It was a frog peeping out from a graceful tangle of ..."
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