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emblem
/ˈɛmbləm/
noun 5verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
hieroglyphic, national, pre-eminent, red, royal
VERB + EMBLEM
dove, emblazoned, war
EMBLEM + NOUN
france, french, group's, kings, peace, possibility, rooster
PREP.
upon, with
Definitions
noun
1
A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke;
2
Something that represents a larger whole.
The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.
3
Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone Of costliest emblem
4
A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable:
5
A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
Near-synonym: charge
verb
1
To symbolize.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
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His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke;
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The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
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The note is embossed with the school emblem.
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A lily was the emblem of French Kings.
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As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.
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