identity card

American  

noun

• identity cards
  plural

1. a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.

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identity card British  

noun

1. a card that establishes a person's identity, esp one issued to all members of the population in wartime, to the staff of an organization, etc

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• identity cards
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of identity card

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

identity card

Using his City of London police identity card, Wai threatened to arrest a protester who was campaigning against Hui's visit, even though he had no official policing role that day.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

"I am a Pakistani, but I don't have my identity card," another 22-year-old Bengali, Ahmed, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

Hussain Ahmed, 20, whose family lives in Machhar Colony, one of Karachi's largest slum areas where most of the population is comprised of Bengalis, does not have Pakistani nationality or an identity card.

From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026

Second, those who relocate with their families, build lives in India, and often obtain the identity card, yet retain Nepali citizenship and ties to home, even returning to vote.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

My identity card said Resettler, indicating that Germany had allowed me to repatriate from Lithuania.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys

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