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

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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Her red hair was not to be found, but Margaret Skidmore, dancing with a bemedaled diplomat, caught his eye and gestured that she would join him at the end of that dance.

From The Five Arrows by Chase, Allan