Definition of Chevron

1. Noun. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service. "They earned their stripes in Kuwait"

Exact synonyms: Grade Insignia, Stripe, Stripes
Generic synonyms: Badge
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine

2. Noun. An inverted V-shaped charge.

Definition of Chevron

1. n. One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

Definition of Chevron

1. Noun. A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve ¹

2. Noun. (heraldry) A wide inverted V placed on a shield. ¹

3. Noun. (chiefly British) V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles. ¹

4. Noun. A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “'''«'''” or “'''»'''”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as “'''“'''” and “'''”'''”. ¹

5. Noun. (informal) = (há?ek) ¹

6. Verb. To form or be formed into chevrons ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chevron

1. a V-shaped pattern [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chevron

cheville
chevilles
chevin
chevins
cheviot
cheviots
chevisance
chevisances
chevisaunce
chevon
chevre
chevres
chevret
chevrets
chevrette
chevron (current term)
chevron incision
chevroned
chevronel
chevronels
chevroning
chevrons
chevronwise
chevrony
chevrotain
chevrotains
chevvy
chevy
chevying
chew

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