1 (BrE) a small piece of metal, fabric or plastic, with a design or words on it, that a person wears to show that they belong to an organization, support sth, have achieved sth, have a particular rank, etc:
the school badge * She wore a badge saying 'Vote for Coates'. * All employees have to wear name badges.
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2 a small piece of metal that you carry or wear to prove who you are, used, for example, by police officers:
He pulled out a badge and said he was a cop.
3 (written) something that shows that a particular quality is present:
His gun was a badge of power for him.
4 (especially AmE) = PATCH
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for badge is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is badge a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, badge is tagged as noun.
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