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badge 
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| 1. | a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.: a police badge; a merit badge. |
| 2. | any emblem, token, or distinctive mark: He considered a slide rule as the badge of an engineering student. |
| 3. | a card bearing identifying information, as one's name, symbol or place of employment, or academic affiliation, and often worn pinned to one's clothing. |
| 4. | to furnish or mark with a badge. |
[Origin: 1300–50; ME bag(g)e < ?]
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badgeless, adjective
—Synonyms 1. insignia, shield, seal; hallmark, earmark.
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[Middle English bagge, from Norman French bage.] badge v. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
badge
c.1350, perhaps from Anglo-Fr. bage, or Anglo-L. bagis, pl. of bagia "emblem," origin unknown.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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noun | |
| 1. | 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" |
| 2. | 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" |
verb | |
| 1. | put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
badge [bӕdʒ] noun
a mark, emblem or ornament showing rank, occupation, or membership of a society, team etc
Example: a school badge on a blazer
Example: a school badge on a blazer
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Badge
Badge\, n. [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. be['a]g, be['a]h, bracelet, collar, crown, OS b?g- in comp., AS. b?gan 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.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Badge
Badge\, v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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