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Badge - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Badge : (noun)
1: 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"
2: 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"
(verb)
1: put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Badge : \Badge\, n. [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German
origin; cf. AS. be['a]g, be['a]h, bracelet, collar, crown, OS
b?g- in comp., AS. b?gan 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. '' --Prescott.
2. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge. --Shak.
3. (Naut.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel,
containing a window or the representation of one.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Badge : \Badge\, v. t.
To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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BADGE. A mark or sign worn by some persons, or placed upon certain things
for the purpose of designation. Some public officers, as watchmen,
policemen, and the like, are required to wear badges that they may be
readily known. It is used figuratively when we say, possession of personal
property by the seller, is. aBadge : of fraud.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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