: a card bearing identifying data (such as age or organizational membership) about the individual whose name appears thereon

called also identification card, identity card

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How to make an Indiana BMV appointment Travelers can still get their REAL ID cards at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Jenny Porter Tilley, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025 Plus, add the extra time at polling stations to check our ID card. Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025 Court documents note Runkles is not associated with, or employed by, the sheriff's office as the badge and ID card represented. Alexandra Koch , Greg Norman , Matt Finn, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025 The back interior pocket is a zip pocket for safekeeping lipsticks or ID cards, and the two front pockets are slip pockets ideal for a cell phone or keys. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ID card

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First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ID card was in 1937

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“ID card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ID%20card. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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