badge

noun

a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.: a police badge; a merit badge.

any emblem, token, or distinctive mark: He considered a slide rule as the badge of an engineering student.

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.

verb (used with object)

to furnish or mark with a badge.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English bag(g)e < ?

Related forms

badge·less, adjective

un·badged, adjective

Synonyms
1. insignia, shield, seal; hallmark, earmark.

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badge (bædʒ)

—n
1.	a distinguishing emblem or mark worn to signify membership, employment, achievement, etc
2.	any revealing feature or mark

[C14: from Norman French bage; related to Anglo-Latin bagia]

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Word Origin & History

badge

mid-14c., perhaps from Anglo-Fr. bage or from Anglo-L. bagis, pl. of bagia "emblem," all of unknown origin.

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Example sentences

Sports became his badge and his escape in a family that struggled.

If you are advanced registered you can use the self registration terminals to

print and pickup your badge.

Similarly, it's personal growth that employers and investors look for, which is

why even a failed start-up is a badge of pride.

In a land where intellectuals are still cherished, publishing a book is a badge