bemedaled

American  

[bih-med-ld] / bɪˈmɛd ld /

especially British, bemedalled

adjective

1. wearing or adorned with many medals.

   a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.

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Etymology

Origin of bemedaled

First recorded in 1875–80; be- + medal + -ed ²

Example Sentences

The currency notes, all of which bear Amin's bejowled and bemedaled portrait, have always been worthless outside the country and now count for nothing inside because people do not want them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nkrumah got a movie projector and reels of film about Yugoslavia, gave his bemedaled guest a symbolic golden stool in return.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dressed in his bemedaled Commander in Chiefs uniform, he warned that he "would not tolerate, in any form, actions or attitudes of people attempting to interrupt the democratic process by force."

From Time Magazine Archive

Cornum, the bemedaled flight surgeon, now back at Fort Rucker, Alabama, confirms that.

From Time Magazine Archive

The door closed behind them and the two men, one uniformed and bemedaled, the other nattily attired in his business suit, turned to each other.

From Summit by Reynolds, Mack