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badge

Definition

  • noun: a small object (such as a tag, pin, or metal shield) that is worn or held up by a person so that it can be easily seen, that has writing (such as a person's name) and often a picture on it, and that shows who the person is
  • noun: a device or token especially of membership in a society or group
  • synonyms: mark, token

Examples

  • He wore his ethnic heritage as a 'badge of honor/pride'. [=he was proud of his ethnic heritage and did not try to hide it]

  • She was wearing a 'badge' that read “Support your local library.”

  • The receptionist glanced at my visitor's 'badge'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) and we shake down who you want shaken down. Let's say that you got a reaI probIem making a coIIection. And then we step in for you. Got eight kiIIers with badges working for me. When they hit, it hurts. Same thing works the other way. You feed me a bust now and then. SmaII fry, you know? (..)
    1983 Scarface