Word Finder - badge

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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.

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the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman

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A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.

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A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.

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Something characteristic; a mark; a token.

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(thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.

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He has got his badge, and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.

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A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

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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.

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A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.

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An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.

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When you have checked in to the site from ten different cities, you unlock the Traveller badge.

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To mark or distinguish with a badge.

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The television was badged as 'GE', but wasn't made by them.

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To show a badge to.

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He calmed down a lot when the policeman badged him.

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To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.

He showed his badge, inches from the man's face.

You got yourself a little tin badge.

Dean showed his badge and after determining Fred was unhurt, returned to the bar.

All three were practised by the same artists, and it was not until a later period that each became the badge of a school.

Dean showed his badge and asked about Arthur Atherton.

Dean found the motel without difficulty and with the use of his police badge, he obtained access to the empty room.

But, although the relation of reason to an external authority thus constitutes the badge of medieval thought, it would be unjust to look upon Scholasticism as philosophically barren, and to speak as if reason, after an interregnum of a thousand years, resumed its rights at the Renaissance.

Napoleon, without looking, pressed two fingers together and the badge was between them.

The chief immediate result we can trace is the introduction of certain mineral remedies, especially antimony, the use of which became a kind of badge of the disciples of Paracelsus.

The "Cycle of the White Rose" - the white rose being the badge of the Stuarts - composed of members of the principal Welsh families around Wrexham, including the Williams-Wynns of Wynnstay, lasted from 1710 until some time between 1850 and 1860.

The badge is a black and gold imperial eagle surmounted by the imperial crown.

The badge is a red enamelled cross with gold borders and double C's interlaced in the angles; in the centre a white medallion with red monogram over a green mound surmounted by the word Fidelitas in black; the cross is suspended from a ducal crown.

The badge is a white cross resting on a green laurel wreath, the ribbon is red with a yellow stripe bordered with white.

It goes with the badge.

The badge of both orders is essentially the same, viz.

As before, the equites wore the narrow, purple-striped tunic, and the gold ring, the latter now being considered the distinctive badge of knighthood., The fourteen rows in the theatre were extended by Augustus to seat's in the circus.

The badge is a blue enamelled cross with white and gold edging suspended from the mouth of a gold lion's head; in the angles of the cross are blue lozenges containing the letters V.I.B.I., Virgini Immaculatae Bavaria Immaculata.

The badge is a blue enamelled cross dependent from a lion surmounted by the ducal crown; the angles of the cross are filled by crowned W's and the centre bears the arms of Brunswick, a crowned pillar and a white horse, between two sickles.

The badge is a white cross bearing on a blue centre the Wendish crown, surrounded by the motto, for the Schwerin knights, Per aspera ad astra, for the Strelitz knights, Avito viret honore.

The badge is a white gold bordered cross suspended from a crown, in the centre the crowned monogram P.F.L.

An illustration of the badge of the order with ribbon is given on Plate IV.

The original constitution and insignia are now entirely changed, with the exception of the red eagle which formed the centre of the cross of the badge.

The grand cross resembles the badge of the Black Eagle, but is white and the eagles in the corners red, the central medallion bearing the initials W.R.

The badge of the order and ribbon is illustrated on Plate IV.

The badge is a green cross fleury; the ribbon is green.

The badge is the lily-hilted sword of St James, enamelled red with gold borders; the ribbon is violet.

In 1789 these three orders were granted a common badge uniting the three separate crosses in a gold medallion; the joint ribbon is red, green and violet, and to the separate crosses was added a red sacred heart and small white cross.

The badge and ribbon is illustrated in Plate IV.

The collar is composed of three members alternately, the imperial eagle bearing on a red medallion a figure of St George slaying the Dragon, the badge of the grand duchy of Moskow, the cipher of the emperor Paul I.

The badge of the order is a cross of diamonds bearing in a medallion the effigy of St Catherine.

The badge is a red enamelled cross with gold eagles in the angles, bearing in a medallion the mounted effigy of St Alexander Nevsky.

The badge is a white cross with gold borders, with a red central medallion on which is the figure of St George slaying the dragon.

The badge of the order is a blue and white cross suspended from a green laurel wreath, in the angles are golden lilies, and the oval centre bears a figure of the Virgin in a golden glory.

The badge is a red rayed cross with gold rays in the angles, in the centre a representation of the pillars of Hercules; the cross is attached to the yellow and white ribbon by a green laurel wreath.

The badge is a white cross, in the angles gold crowns, the points of the cross joined by gold swords entwined with gold and blue belts, in the blue centre an upright sword with the three crowns in gold, the whole surmounted by the royal crown The ribbon is yellow with blue edging.

The white cross badge bears on a blue centre the charge of the house of Vasa, a gold sheaf shaped like a vase with two handles.

There are five classes; the badge is a silver sun of seven clustered rays, with crescent and star between each cluster; on a gold centre is the sultan's name in black Turkish lettering, surrounded by a red fillet inscribed with the words Zeal, Devotion, Loyalty; it is suspended from a red crescent and star; the ribbon is red with green borders.

The badge is a gold sun with seven gold-bordered green rays; the red centre bears the crescent, and it is also suspended from a gold crescent and star; the ribbon is green bordered with red.

The badge has an elaborate design; it consists of a star of purple, red, yellow, gold and silver rays, on which are displayed old Japanese weapons, banners and shields in various coloured enamels, the whole surmounted by a golden kite with outstretched wings.

The badge is a striking example of Oriental design adapted to a European conventional form.

Furs have constituted the price of redemption for royal captives, the gifts of emperors and kings, and the peculiar badge of state functionaries.

The name is probably derived from "badge," device, on account of the marks on the head; or it may be identical with the term separately noticed below, the French blaireau being used in both senses.

The motto was ` s Imperium et libertas "; the seal, three primroses; and the badge, a monogram containing the letters PL, surrounded by primroses.

The badge of Rostock is the figure 7; and a local rhyme explains that there are 7 doors to St Mary's church, 7 streets from the market-place, 7 gates on the landward side and 7 wharves on the seaward side of the town, 7 turrets on the town-hall, which has 7 bells, and 7 linden trees in the park.

The sacred badge of the Jews' religion, which marked them off from other men all the world over, was their observance of the Sabbath.

The distinctive badge of a member of the three upper castes was the sacred triple cord or thread (sutra) - made of cotton, hemp or wool, according to the respective caste - with which he was invested at the upanayana ceremony, or initiation into the use of the sacred savitri, or prayer to the sun (also called gayatri), constituting his second birth.

Apparently from the movable nature of their badge, their Gurus are called Jangamas (" movable ").

The followers of this creed wear no distinctive sectarial mark or badge, except a skull-cap; nor do they worship any visible image of any deity, the repetition (japa) of the name of Rama being the only kind of adoration practised by them.

I wore a little badge in the shape of a bow.

Disabled badge holders may park in any of these bays free of charge.