rating badge

American  

noun

U.S. Navy.

1. a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.

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Etymology

Origin of rating badge

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

First, however, he procured his new rating badge and, after consulting with a petty officer, sewed it on his sleeve.

From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Patchin, Frank Gee

For you"—he laid a forefinger against the big rating badge on his coat sleeve—"that I've been shipmates with for fifteen years—off and on—I reckon will be detached.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)

He'd been wearing his first-class rating badge a month now, and before his enlistment was out he intended to be a chief petty officer; which was why he was working after-hours.

From Wide Courses by Connolly, James B. (James Brendan)