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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
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noun
A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
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noun
Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: thieves' cant
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noun
A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
Topics: video-games
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noun
A police officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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verb
To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To show a badge to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To enter a restricted area by showing one’s badge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
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noun
any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: feature, characteristic
noun
an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: emblem, allegory
Narrower terms: merit badge, insignia, ID, I.D., black belt, blue ribbon, cordon bleu, button, chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignia
verb
put a badge on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tag, label, mark
History
From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from Anglo-Norman bage or Medieval Latin bagea, bagia (“sign, emblem”), of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Old Saxon bāg, bōg (“ring, ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, bracelet, armband”); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare Old English bēag (“ring, bracelet, collar, crown”). Cognate with Scots bagie, badgie, bawgy (“badge”).
Across languages
138 source translations are retained for this English entry.
