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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
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
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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