badges

Noun

badge (plural badges)

1. 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.
   • the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman
2. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
3. A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
4. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
   • Sweet mercy is nobility’s true badge.1588-93, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act I, scene 2
5. (obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
   • He has got his badge, and piked.
6. A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.

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