badge
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin bagea, bagia (“sign”), of Germanic origin; compare with Old English bēag, bēah (“bracelet, collar, crown”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
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.
- the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman
- Prescott
- Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges.
- 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.
- 158? or 159?, Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 2:
- Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.
- 158? or 159?, Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 2:
- (obsolete, slang, obsolete, cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
- He has got his badge, and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.
- (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.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
distinctive mark
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nameplate
card to grant access
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something characteristic
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Verb [edit]
badge (third-person singular simple present badges, present participle badging, simple past and past participle badged)
- (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
- The television was badged as 'GE', but wasn't made by them.
- (transitive) To show a badge to.
- He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.
- (transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
- (Can we date this quote?) unknown, David Simon, Homicide, ISBN 0-8050-8075-9, page 118:
- Worden and James walk [...] to the [...] Courthouse [...], where they badge their way past sheriff's deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.
- 2003, Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover, page 146:
- And Patterson didn't hear that Jack Egger, the studio's director of security, said he'd seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, [...]
- 2004, Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History, page 135:
- Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda. Apparently they didn't try and badge their way through.
- 2006, David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, Himanshu Dwivedi, Hacker's challenge 3 (page 338)
- Aaron badged into the data center and escorted Geoff inside the large room with its many blinking green lights.
- (Can we date this quote?) unknown, David Simon, Homicide, ISBN 0-8050-8075-9, page 118:
Translations [edit]
to mark or distinguish with a badge
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References [edit]
- badge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
Anagrams [edit]
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Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
badge m (plural badges)
- identity badge
Verb [edit]
badge
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- English terms derived from Late Latin
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- English verbs
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