bemedaled

[ bih-med-ld ]

adjective

1. wearing or adorned with many medals:

   a bemedaled general; wearing a bemedaled military blouse.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bemedaled¹

First recorded in 1875–80; be- + medal + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He is George C. Scott as Gen. George S. Patton Jr., glistening from helmet to boots, sashed and bemedaled, ivory-handled pistols snug at the hips, and he talks to us as to a theater-full of GIs just finishing combat training in Louisiana about to embark for the war in Africa.

From Los Angeles Times

Gantz is largely unknown to Israelis, who observed from afar his bemedaled military career.

From Los Angeles Times

Granted, it is possible to derive a glimmer of I-told-you-so satisfaction from the total collapse of the establishment theory that a race of bemedaled generals and oil-industry titans could contain Trump.

From The Guardian

At best they have allowed their reputations for integrity, their bemedaled uniforms, their intellectual pedigrees to be used as glittering props, the false facades of a Potemkin presidency.

From Washington Post

Sacha Baron Cohen — as a tyrant who's a bemedaled megalomaniacal mashup of Saddam Hussein and Moammar Gadhafi, with a little bit of Kim Jong Il thrown in for spice — has made a movie that is sharply satirical and consistently hilarious.

From Seattle Times