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badge (oh) and fulminating dysentery (medicine)


badge (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: bage]
BrE a small piece of metal, cloth, or plastic with a picture or words on it, worn to show rank, membership of a group, support for a political idea etc
American Equivalent: button
American Equivalent: pin
::We were each handed a badge with our name on it.
a small piece of metal or plastic that you carry to show people that you work for a particular organization, for example that you are a police officer
a badge of honour/courage etc
something that shows that you have a particular quality
::He now sees his wartime injuries as a badge of honor.
also merit badge AmE a small piece of cloth with a picture on it, given to scouts, guides etc to show what skills they have learned
::Steve won a Photography badge in the Boy Scouts.
badge of office
BrE an object which shows that you have an official position
::Mayors wear chains around their necks as badges of office.

fulminating dysentery (medicine)


fulminating dysentery -->
malignant dysentery
Dysentery in which the symptoms are intensely acute, leading to prostration, collapse, and often death.

Synonym: fulminating dysentery.