plural badges
Definition of badge
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a device or token especially of membership in a society or group
2
: a characteristic mark
3
: an emblem awarded for a particular accomplishment
4
British
: button sense 1b
Solicitors have reacted with dismay after Staffordshire courts ordered them to remove "political" badges. — Birmingham Post
badge
verb
badged; badging; badges
Definition of badge (Entry 2 of 2)
: to mark or distinguish (someone or something) with or as if with a badge
Guests arrived and were counted and badged. — The New Yorker They were dressed in uniform, too, but theirs were everyday uniforms, not ceremonial. Dark olive cloth, worn and creased, badged here and there with the unfamiliar insignia of their rank.— Lee Child My daughter's hands were raw and scraped from shucking four hundred oysters the night before, her knuckles badged with tiny, brilliant, forming scabs.— William Boyd
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The first known use of badge was in the 15th century
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