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BADGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power or quality or rank)

Example:

wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("badge" is a kind of...):

characteristic; feature (a prominent attribute or aspect of something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.)

Example:

they checked everyone's badge before letting them in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("badge" is a kind of...):

allegory; emblem (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "badge"):

merit badge (a badge award to Boy Scouts in recognition of special projects)

insignia (a badge worn to show official position)

I.D.; ID (a card or badge used to identify the bearer)

black belt (a black sash worn to show expert standards in the martial arts (judo or karate))

blue ribbon; cordon bleu (an honor or award gained for excellence)

button (a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment)

chevron; grade insignia; stripe; stripes (V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service)

stripe (a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service)

Derivation:

badge (put a badge on)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put a badge on

Example:

The workers here must be badged

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "badge" is one way to...):

label; mark; tag (attach a tag or label to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

badge (an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.))

Credits

 Context examples: 

At seven o'clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

You are old enough to see things as they are, nephew, said he, and your knowledge of them is the badge that you are in that inner circle where I mean to place you.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Behind them marched six hundred Cheshire and Lancashire archers, bearing the badge of the Audleys, followed by the famous Lord Audley himself, with the four valiant squires, Dutton of Dutton, Delves of Doddington, Fowlehurst of Crewe, and Hawkestone of Wainehill, who had all won such glory at Poictiers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With a few interruptions, they had kept this up for a year, and met every Saturday evening in the big garret, on which occasions the ceremonies were as follows: Three chairs were arranged in a row before a table on which was a lamp, also four white badges, with a big 'P.C.' in different colors on each, and the weekly newspaper called, The Pickwick Portfolio, to which all contributed something, while Jo, who reveled in pens and ink, was the editor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I pray you then my fair dove, that you will vouchsafe to me one of those doeskin gloves, that I may wear it as the badge of her whose servant I shall ever be.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Above all, the women for miles round were hard at work cutting the white surcoats which were the badge of the Company, and adorning them with the red lion of St. George upon the centre of the breast.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)