Synonyms:
badge
Meaning: 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"
Synonyms:
badge
Meaning: 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"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
badge
Meaning: put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged"
Usage examples
THE BADGE OF POLICEMAN O'ROON
Didn't lose my badge, did you, Remsen?
You can take your badge back now, Buck."
"You keep that badge right where it is, Calliope Catesby.
The badge and the honor of his comrade were in his hands.
He wished that he, too, had a wound, a red badge of courage.
So bring her up, next watch, and I'll give her a gold badge.
Napoleon, without looking, pressed two fingers together and the badge was between them.
He uttered a growl and then threw back his coat, displaying a badge attached to his vest.
A tall man with a perplexed countenance, wearing a big badge with "City Marshal" engraved upon it, stood over him.