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brassard
[ bras-ahrd, bruh-sahrd ]
noun
- a decorative cloth band, often braided or tasseled, worn around the upper arm, as by military personnel to signify a particular group, regiment, etc.
- Also brassart [] a piece of plate armor for the arm.
brassard
/ ˈbræsət; ˈbræsɑːd /
noun
- an identifying armband or badge
- a piece of armour for the upper arm
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brassard1
C19: from French, from bras arm, from Latin brachium
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Example Sentences
So popular was the last-named corps that many fictitious members were soon arrested for bearing its brassard.
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Hazard alone discovered the brassard (armlet) plot, and the fidelity of Dombrowski disclosed that of Vaysset.
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One Brassard, who lived up the Murray River, seems to have been a frequent offender.
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As his left side was turned toward them, the enemy could perfectly see his brassard.
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One was an American soldier wearing a blue brassard with the white letters M. P.
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