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

Behind the rostrum of the state capitol's assembly chamber stood, as usual, the bearskin-topped, bemedaled, paunchy elite of New York City's Old Guard as a Governor's guard of honor.

From Time Magazine Archive

He will be besieged by cameras and jostling admirers, beseeched by myriad groups seeking his imprimatur, and bemedaled at parades and stadium rallies for eleven days in eight cities from Harlem to Hollywood.

From Time Magazine Archive

A handsome Marine major and bemedaled Viet Nam veteran, Robb, 49, met President Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda while assigned to social duties at the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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