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breastplate
English
Etymology
From Middle English brestplate, equivalent to breast +? plate. Displaced Old English br?ostbeorg.
Noun
breastplate (plural breastplates)
- A piece of armor that covers the chest.
- A piece of horse tack designed to prevent the saddle slipping backwards.
- Synonyms: breastcollar, breaststrap, breastgirth
- A piece of silicone in the shape of women's breasts worn by drag queens and other female impersonators to simulate a female body shape.
- (Judaism) An embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel.
Translations
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badge
English
Etymology
From Middle English badge, bagge, bage, bagy, from Anglo-Norman bage or Medieval Latin bagea, bagia (“sign, emblem”), of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from Medieval Latin baga (“ring”), from Old Saxon b?g, b?g (“ring, ornament”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring, bracelet, armband”); or possibly the Anglo-Norman word is derived from an earlier, unattested English word (compare Old English b?ag (“ring, bracelet, collar, crown”). Cognate with Scots bagie, badgie, bawgy (“badge”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, UK) IPA(key): /bæd?/
- (General American, US) IPA(key): /bæd?/
- Rhymes: -æd?
Noun
badge (plural badges)
- 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.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- Tax-gatherers, […] recognized by their official badges.
- 1843, William H. Prescott, The History of the Conquest of Mexico
- A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- (obsolete, thieves' cant) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
- (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- (graphical user interface) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- (Internet, video games) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:badge
Derived terms
- badge bunny
- badgeless
- badgeman
- badger
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (bajji)
Translations
Verb
badge (third-person singular simple present badges, present participle badging, simple past and past participle badged)
- (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
- (transitive) To show a badge to.
- (transitive) To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
- 2003, Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover, page 146:
- And Patterson didn't hear that Jack Egger, the studio's director of security, said he'd seen John Orr badge his way through the pedestrian gate sometime before 4:00 pm, when the fire was still raging, [...]
- 2004, Sergei Hoteko, On The Fringe Of History, page 135:
- Our regional commissioner, his assistant commissioner and our district director, along with their wives, were hoofing it to the rotunda. Apparently they didn't try and badge their way through.
- 2006, David Pollino, Bill Pennington, Tony Bradley, Himanshu Dwivedi, Hacker's challenge 3 (page 338)
- Aaron badged into the data center and escorted Geoff inside the large room with its many blinking green lights.
- 2003, Joseph Wambaugh, Fire Lover, page 146:
Translations
References
- badge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
Anagrams
- bedag, begad, debag
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English badge
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bad?/
- Homophones: badgent, badges
Noun
badge m (plural badges)
- identity badge
Verb
badge
- first-person singular present indicative of badger
- third-person singular present indicative of badger
- first-person singular present subjunctive of badger
- third-person singular present subjunctive of badger
- second-person singular imperative of badger
Further reading
- “badge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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