identity card

noun

1. a card for identifying the bearer, giving name, address, and other personal data.

identity card

noun

1. a card that establishes a person's identity, esp one issued to all members of the population in wartime, to the staff of an organization, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of identity card¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

The group carried them to a nearby mosque, where someone checked the men’s pockets and found their national identity cards and phones.

From Washington Post

Before the back-and-forth with YouTube this past week, Atajurt had already received two “strikes” in the past two months for “harassment and cyberbullying”—for including identity cards in videos posted in 2018.

From MIT Technology Review

Miller was able to use the Maine birth certificate to secure an Ohio identity card as Julia Wadsworth.

From The Daily Beast

When Bernaroli officially changed her name and gender when she renewed her identity card, the Bologna court annulled the marriage.

From The Daily Beast

Three people sat at a desk, to check my identity card and hand me an envelope.

From The Daily Beast

Three years in Singapore: another alien identity card and immense red tape in that fussy, litigious bureaucracy.

From The Daily Beast

As the waiter brought coffee, he pulled out his wallet and showed the boys his identity card, driver's license, and business card.

From Project Gutenberg

I direct your attention to the left-hand identity card upon which appears a photograph, a reproduction of a photograph.

From Project Gutenberg

As soon as they saw the forgeproof identity card, they relaxed.

From Project Gutenberg

No identity card on this body either, but another letter—a sweetheart's one.

From Project Gutenberg

But he produced his identity card and handed it to the Myrmidon.

From Project Gutenberg