Definitions

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  • adjective Decorated with or wearing medals.

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  • adjective Having or wearing medals.

Etymologies

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From be- +‎ medal +‎ -ed.

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Examples

  • Up the ramp trotted a man, close-cropped, uniformed, bemedaled and just flat mean looking.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Fred Kiesche 2010

  • Up the ramp trotted a man, close-cropped, uniformed, bemedaled and just flat mean looking.

    The Lensman's Children Fred Kiesche 2010

  • Col. Arce-Gomez, a central-casting image of a bemedaled, pot-bellied Latin dictator, grabbed broad powers as Interior Minister.

    Printing: WTimes' Hypocritical Obama-Nazi Slur 2009

  • Col. Arce-Gomez, a central-casting image of a bemedaled, pot-bellied Latin dictator, grabbed broad powers as Interior Minister.

    WTimes' Hypocritical Obama-Nazi Slur 2009

  • In 1967, the beribboned, bemedaled Petraeus -- sorry, I mean Westmoreland -- addressed a joint session of Congress during which he congratulated himself on the "great progress" being made in the war.

    Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War 2009

  • No, says Mayor Lim, the "Dirty Harry" tag actually goes back to his bemedaled career as a take-few-prisoners cop.

    Is He Dirtier Than Harry? 2008

  • A lifesize bemedaled statue of Mr. Norton in his Air Corps uniform stands outside Norton Hall.

    Executive Moved La-Z-Boy Beyond Dad's Recliner 2008

  • To many people, the mere mention of Pakistan conjures up visions of bemedaled generals, gun-toting militants and perhaps the mountaintop hiding place of Osama bin Laden.

    Surprised, General? 2007

  • It was Pender's father, not as he'd been at the end, shrunken by cancer, but strong and tall and broad-shouldered in the bemedaled dress blues that he wore in the Veteran's Day parade every year in Cortland when Edgar was growing up.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

  • It was Pender's father, not as he'd been at the end, shrunken by cancer, but strong and tall and broad-shouldered in the bemedaled dress blues that he wore in the Veteran's Day parade every year in Cortland when Edgar was growing up.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

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