badgelessadj.
/ˈbadʒləs/, U.S. /ˈbædʒləs/ Without a badge; without any affiliation.
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1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. iv. v. 38 To get some badg-lesse Blew vpon his backe.
1621 R. Brathwait Natures Embassie 99 Th' badge-lesse coate thas [sic] hung within the hall, Forc'd him to laugh the Iustice in the face.
1816 M. Holford Margaret of Anjou iv. 115 My badgeless coat his eye deceiv'd.
1827 Stories Chivalry & Romance 45 The knight of the badgeless shield hereby pledgeth himself to prove..his lady-love to be unrivalled for beauty and virtue in any court in Christendom.
1871 L. H. Bagg Four Years at Yale i. iii. 121 The sophomore-society initiations always occur before this..and in the interval all the Sophomores seem to be neutrals, for all alike are badgeless.
1907 Jrnl. Soc. Compar. Legislation 8 342 The only novel provision is that for a system of badges and for the seizure of badgeless dogs.
1957 Times 12 Nov. 9/4 Badgeless berets continued to cling saucily to the sides of heads.
2001 Daily Tel. 11 July 6/5 The RUC..becomes the uniformless and badgeless Police Service of Northern Ireland.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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