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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Badge

/(băj)/ · IPA /bæd͡ʒ/
01 n. A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.
  1. 1.
    A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.
  2. 2.
    Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
    “Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.” Shak.
  3. 3.
    A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.(Naut.)
02 v. t. To mark or distinguish with a badge.
  1. 1.
    To mark or distinguish with a badge.