Medal
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med·al 
[med-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -aled, -al·ing or (especially British) -alled, -al·ling.
[med-l] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -aled, -al·ing or (especially British) -alled, -al·ling. –noun
–verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | a flat piece of metal, often a disk but sometimes a cross, star, or other form, usually bearing an inscription or design, issued to commemorate a person, action, or event, or given as a reward for bravery, merit, or the like: a gold medal for the best swimmer. |
| 2. | a similar object bearing a religious image, as of a saint: a Saint Christopher's medal. |
| 3. | to decorate or honor with a medal. |
| 4. | to receive a medal, esp. in a sporting event: He medaled in three of four races. |
[Origin: 1580–90; earlier medaille < MF < It medaglia copper coin worth a halfpenny < VL *medalia, var. (by dissimilation) of LL mediālia, n. use of neut. pl. (taken as fem. sing.) of mediālis medial]
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| med·al
(měd'l) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. med·aled also med·alled, med·al·ing also med·al·ling, med·als also med·als Informal v. intr. To win a medal, as in a sports contest: "We were the first Americans to medal" (Jill Watson). v. tr. To award a medal to. [French médaille, from Old French, from Italian medaglia, coin worth half a denarius, medal, from Vulgar Latin *medālia, coins worth half a denarius, from Late Latin mediālia, little halves, from neuter pl. of mediālis, of the middle, medial; see medial.] me·dal'lic (mə-dāl'ĭk) adj. |
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medal
1586, from M.Fr. médaille (15c.), from It. medaglia "a medal," from V.L. *metallea (moneta) "metal (coin)," from L. metallum (see metal). The other theory is that medaglia originally meant "coin worth half a denarius," and is from V.L. *medalia, from L.L. medialia "little halves," neut. pl. of medialis "of the middle" (see medial). Originally a trinket; as a reward for merit, proficiency, etc., attested from 1751.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| medal | |
noun | |
| an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Medal
Mail\, n. [F. maille, OF. also maaille, LL. medalia. See Medal.]1. A small piece of money; especially, an English silver half-penny of the time of Henry V. [Obs.] [Written also maile, and maille.] 2. Rent; tribute. [Obs., except in certain compounds and phrases, as blackmail, mails and duties, etc.] Mail and duties (Scots Law), the rents of an estate, in whatever form paid.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Med"al\, n. [F. m['e]daille, It. medaglia, fr. L. metallum metal, through (assumed) LL. metalleus made of metal. See Metal, and cf. Mail a piece of money.] A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.
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