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n.

1. A badge or insignia consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve of a military or police uniform to indicate rank, merit, or length of service.
2. Heraldry. A device shaped like an inverted V.
3. A V-shaped pattern, especially a kind of fret used in architecture.

[Middle English cheveron, from Old French chevron, rafter (from the meeting of rafters at an angle), probably from Vulgar Latin *capriō, *capriōn-, from Latin caper, capr-, goat.]

(SHEV-ruhn)

noun
A pattern in the shape of a V or an inverted V.

Etymology
Middle English, from Old French chevron, rafter, from Vulgar Latin caprion (stem of caprio) from Latin caper, goat

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Usage
"To increase employee morale, the company president decided to award a cheap plastic chevron to those putting in more than 70 hours per week."

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[ܒ˜evrǝn]

ˈ˜evrǝn n.a line or stripe of cloth or metal in the shape of a V or an inverted V worn on the sleeve of a uniform to indicate the rank of enlisted personnel.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A V-shaped, triangular, erosional microform, characteristically developed on the shallow flanks of cuestas in arid zones, such as the Aures Mountains of Algeria. They form as surface water, flowing downslope, becomes concentrated into a number of major channels.

1. A V-shaped stripe pointing up or down, used singly or in groups in heraldry and on uniforms; hence, any ornament so shaped.
2. A molding showing a zigzag sequence of these ornaments in Romanesque architecture or derivatives; a dancette or zigzag molding.

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Motif comprising a series of connected W-shapes. Often used in the decoration of pottery and metalwork.

A basic element of the enlisted rank structure. Until the late 19th Century chevrons were worn in the European tradition with the point facing down. Now the normal position for a chevron in the United States military is with the point up.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vinkel, sparre

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderscheidings- teken, v-vormige lijn/streep

Français (French)
n. - chevron

Deutsch (German)
n. - Sparren, Winkel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (στρατ.) σιρίτι βαθμόσημου, γαλόνι σχήματος V

Italiano (Italian)
decorazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - divisa (f) (Mil.)

Русский (Russian)
шеврон

Español (Spanish)
n. - galón, cheurón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sparre, ärmvinkel

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
山形袖章, 回文状雕饰

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 山形袖章, 回文狀雕飾

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 갈매기표 수장, 갈짓자 무늬 장식

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 山形袖章, 山形

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شريط للكتف على شكل الرقم سبعه بالعربي يبين الرتبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סימן V ישר או הפוך, סימן-דרגה, סרט‬

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