— badgeless , adj.
/baj/ , n. , v. , badged, badging .
n.
1. a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc.: a police badge; a merit badge.
2. any emblem, token, or distinctive mark: He considered a slide rule as the badge of an engineering student.
3. a card bearing identifying information, as one's name, symbol or place of employment, or academic affiliation, and often worn pinned to one's clothing.
v.t.
4. to furnish or mark with a badge.
[ 1300-50; ME bag ( g ) e ]
Syn. 1. insignia, shield, seal; hallmark, earmark.