merit badge

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   a badge award to Boy Scouts in recognition of special projects

   Broaderbadge

Questions about merit badge

What does merit badge mean?

merit badge means "a badge award to Boy Scouts in recognition of special projects".

Is merit badge a common word?

merit badge is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.