insignia  /ɪn ˈsɪɡ ni ə/ ? Meaning of "insignia"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) a badge worn to show official position

Usage(s):

  1. Triad members still often carry such insignia usually worn on the backs of shirts that they show to shopkeepers in exchange for protection money.
  2. Triad members still often carry such insignia usually worn on the backs of shirts that they show to shopkeepers in exchange for protection money.
  3. The kidnappers wore AFI uniforms and insignia, according to information revealed to police by a bodyguard who survived to tell the tale.

Quotes

  1. Showrunner Steven Moffat said: "A new logo. The eleventh logo for the eleventh Doctor - those grand old words, Doctor Who, suddenly looking newer than ever. And look at that, something really new - an insignia! DW in TARDIS form! Simple and...
    on Oct 6, 2009 By: Steven Moffat Source: Digital Spy

  2. "The burqa is a prison, it's a straightjacket," Urban Affairs Minister Fadela Amara, herself a practising Muslim who was born in France to Algerian parents, said in an interview to Le Parisien newspaper. "It is not a religious insignia but...
    on Jul 16, 2008 By: Fadela Amara Source: News24

  3. "There is no satire with Nazi insignia," Sanader told Croatian state-run radio. "The photo montage, he said, was not an attack on me, but Croatian democracy."
    on Dec 2, 2008 By: Ivo Sanader Source: Independent

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