badge
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)badges
- 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”Type of emblem, allegoryKinds stripe, merit badge, ID, black belt, insignia, button, chevron, blue ribbon
- 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”Type of feature, characteristic
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Translations
Noun distinctive mark
- Spanish
- distintivo
- French
- insigne
- German
- Abzeichen
- Italian
- distintivo
- Portuguese
- distintivo
- Russian
- значо́к značók
- Chinese
- 徽章 huīzhāng
- Japanese
- バッジ bajji
- Dutch
- badge
- Polish
- odznaka
Noun name badge, nameplate
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. beág, beáh, bracelet, collar, crown, OS. bōg- in comp., AS. būgan 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.” William Hickling Prescott
2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.— William Shakespeare
3. Nautical A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54