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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


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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

He dressed in stylishly tailored suits, as well as bemedaled uniforms that Churchill once called Tito's "gold-lace straitjacket."

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

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 Mack Reynolds

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