badge : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: badge	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
badge n 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" 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" v put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badge \Badge\, v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Badge \Badge\, n. [LL. bagea, bagia, sign, prob. of German origin; cf. AS. be[a0]g, be[a0]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. [bd]Tax gatherers, recognized by their official badges. [b8] --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.