rating badge
nounU.S. Navy.
a badge that indicates the rank and specialty of a petty officer: worn on the upper left sleeve.
Origin of rating badge
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby rating badge
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How to use rating badge in a sentence
He was quickly furnished with a new uniform and a rating badge, the latter showing that he was a petty officer.
The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service | Frank Gee PatchinHe is an enlisted man, rated a chief petty officer, and wears the eagle rating-badge.
The North Pacific | Willis Boyd Allen
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