badge
- 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.
- Noun. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- Noun. A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- Noun. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- Noun. (1811, cant) A term used for one burned in the hand.
- Noun. (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- Noun. (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.
- Verb. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
- Verb. (transitive) To show a badge to.
- Verb. (transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
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