4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medal \Med"al\, n. [F. m['e]daille, It medaglia fr L.
metallum metal, through (assumed) LL metalleus made of
metal. See {Metal}, and cf {Mail} a piece of money.]
A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device,
and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event
or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Medal \Med"al\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Medaled}, or {Medalled}; p.
pr & vb n. {Medaling} or {Medalling}.]
To honor or reward with a medal. ``Medaled by the king.''
--Thackeray.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
medal
n : an award for winning a championship [syn: {decoration}, {laurel
wreath}, {medallion}, {palm}, {ribbon}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
MEDAL, n. A small metal disk given as a reward for virtues,
attainments or services more or less authentic.
It is related of Bismark, who had been awarded a medal for
gallantly rescuing a drowning person, that being asked the meaning of
the medal, he replied: "I save lives sometimes." And sometimes he
didn't.
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