| 单词 | badge of office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbadge of office badge of office n. an emblem, token, or symbol carried or worn to denote a person's office or occupation; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1590 tr. R. Hakluyt True Pictvres Virginia ix, in T. Hariot Briefe Rep. Virginia The Coniurer... They..fasten a small black birde aboue their ears as a badge of their office. 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxxi. 109 If an Alguazil..shew him his Vare, that is a little white staffe he carrieth as badge of his Office.] 1728 R. D'Oyly Four Diss. iii. i. 303 Their wearing gold chains, as Badges of Office, we find as early as Joseph's advancement. 1817 Upper Canada Gaz. (York) 12 June 95/5 The said Fire Warden shall..carry about with him on occasion of Fires, a staff or some other visible distinguishing badge of office. 1844 W. Tooke in C. Churchill Poet. Wks. II. 33 A silver greyhound, the emblem of dispatch, was then worn by these men as a distinctive badge of office when engaged in the execution of their duty. 1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xvi. 112 He wore..a ragged bonnet of dark red wool... This cap was his badge of office on board. No one ever saw him take it off. 2000 Plumbing Mag. May–June 34/4 The company to be entrusted with the responsibility of designing and producing a new Badge of Office for the Institute's President. < as lemmas |
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