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Chevron

One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

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Badge 76% connected

A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bearing 76% connected

of Bear

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Charge 76% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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Stripe 92% connected

A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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