Police officers wear a badge a shiny piece of metal that lets you know they're cops. Badges can also be metaphors for example, a scar could considered be a badge of honor.
A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person;
Noun
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"
Noun
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"
Verb
put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged"
n.
A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the
person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.
n.
Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
n.
A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a
window or the representation of one.
v. t.
To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Badge
Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.3.
Badge
A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person;
To mark or distinguish with a badge.
Usage Examples
I think Mr. Clarke had a tendency to interfere too much with the activities of the CIA, and our leadership at the senior level let him interfere too much. So criticism from him I kind of wear as a badge of honor.
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Other Usage ExamplesWe all fight over what the label 'feminism' means but for me it's about empowerment. It's not about being more powerful than men - it's about having equal rights with protection, support, justice. It's about very basic things. It's not a badge like a fashion item.
Badges mean nothing in themselves, but they mark a certain achievement and they are a link between the rich and the poor. For when one girl sees a badge on a sister Scout's arm, if that girl has won the same badge, it at once awakens an interest and sympathy between them.