BADGE

badge

(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”

badge

(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”

badge

(verb) put a badge on; “The workers here must be badged”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

badge (plural badges)

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.

A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

(obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.

(nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

(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.

(GUI) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.

(internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.

Synonyms

• See badge

Verb

badge (third-person singular simple present badges, present participle badging, simple past and past participle badged)

(transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.

(transitive) To show a badge to.

(transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

Anagrams

• bedag, begad, debag

Source: Wiktionary

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Badge, n. Etym: [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS b in comp., AS. b to bow, bend, G. biegen. See Bow to bend.]

1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman. "Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. " Prescott.

2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token. Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. Shak.

3. (Naut.)

Definition: A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

Badge, v. t.

Definition: To mark or distinguish with a badge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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