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1. An emblem (a small piece of plastic, cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank, membership, affiliation etc.)
   "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in"
    
2. Any feature that is regarded as a sign of status (a particular power, quality or rank)
   "wearing a tie was regarded as a badge of respectability"

1. Put a badge on
   "The workers here must be badged"

Derived forms: badged, badging, badges

Type of: allegory, characteristic, emblem, feature, label, mark, tag

Encyclopedia: Badge