Meanings
nounyellow badge (plural yellow badges)
plural yellow badges
- countablehistoricalA cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public, especially in Nazi-controlled states during the 1930s and 1940s.First known use 17th c.
He might make us, like the Jews, wear yellow badges […]
1663, Giles Oldisworth, The Stone Rolled Away, and Life More Abundant: An Apologie Urging Self-denyal, New-Obedience, Faith, and Thankfulneſſe, London: Thomas Ratcliffe, page 425Synonyms: Jewish badge, yellow patch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public, especially in Nazi-controlled states during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Danish jødestjerne
- jødestjernecloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
Dutch Jodenster
- Jodenstercloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
Finnish keltainen daavidintähti
- keltainen daavidintähticloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
French étoile jaune
- étoile jaunecloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
German Judenstern
- Judensterncloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
Hungarian sárga csillag
- sárga csillagcloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
Polish żółta gwiazda
- żółta gwiazdacloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
Russian жёлтая звезда́, ла́та
- жёлтая звезда́ (žóltaja zvezdá)cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
- ла́та (láta)cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
Spanish insignia amarilla, estrella amarilla
- insignia amarillacloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
- estrella amarillacloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
Ukrainian жовта зірка, лата
- жовта зірка (žovta zirka)cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
- лата (lata)cloth patch that Jews were ordered to sew on their outer garments to mark them as Jews in public
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“yellow badge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20badge. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “yellow badge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yellow%20badge.
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