Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

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.


Etymology

Origin of bemedaled

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


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

That "hidden constituency" for reform even included young Communist Party officials who saw that the society was as decrepit as its bemedaled leader, Leonid Brezhnev.

From Time Magazine Archive

At this moment of crisis, facing a threat that imperiled his life, his command and his whole world, America's greatest living military hero, the bemedaled veteran of bayonet charges through no-man's-land in France, seemed paralyzed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pat Hurley wore his beribboned, bemedaled, two-star uniform.

From Time Magazine Archive

There the bemedaled boss of Poland's Communist Party received the head of a 10 million-member labor union and the spiritual leader of more than 30 million Polish Catholics.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Texcocan group consisted of Barry Watson, Dick Hawkins and Natt Roberts to one side of him, Generalissimo Taller and six highly bemedaled Texcocans on the other.

From Adaptation by John Schoenherr

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Dictionary.com's Learning Companion

Go beyond just looking up words.
Remember them forever with VocabTrainer.

Start training