Badge
Badge noun - An emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).
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Sergeant and badge are semantically related In some cases you can use "Sergeant" instead a noun "Badge".
Nearby Word: badger
Sergeant
Sergeant noun - Any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal.
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Turn in Your Badge: The rookie hands her sergeant her badge while being carted off to a hospital, indicating her resignation.
Source: Film / End of Watch -
Parodied in the Discworld novel Jingo, where it's noted that "Sergeant Colon took his grimy badge out of his pocket and was a little disappointed that it didn't make a defiant tinkle when he threw it on the table but instead bounced and smashed the water jug."
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Noble Bigot with a Badge: Sergeant Bridie is outspokenly homophobic, but that doesn't stop him doing his utmost to bring the blackmailing ring to justice.
Source: Film / Victim
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