armband
noun
arm·band
ˈärm-ˌband 
: a band worn around the arm
especially
: a band worn around the arm for identification or in mourning
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The captain will likely wear the armband for the club again this season but might play fewer minutes than a year ago.
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Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
Ward-Prowse has leadership qualities, having worn the armband for boyhood club Southampton.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Webster took over the captain’s armband once Danny Welbeck had been substituted in the second halves of both recent matches against Chelsea and is regarded by Hurzeler as one of his dressing-room leaders.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Judge David Barron wrote for a three-judge panel that Liam's shirt was different from the armbands that the Supreme Court allowed during the Vietnam War in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District because the black bands did not refer to anyone's personal characteristics.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2025
Ward-Prowse has leadership qualities, having worn the armband for boyhood club Southampton.
—Roshane Thomas, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Webster took over the captain’s armband once Danny Welbeck had been substituted in the second halves of both recent matches against Chelsea and is regarded by Hurzeler as one of his dressing-room leaders.
—Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
Judge David Barron wrote for a three-judge panel that Liam's shirt was different from the armbands that the Supreme Court allowed during the Vietnam War in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District because the black bands did not refer to anyone's personal characteristics.
—Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
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“Armband.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/armband. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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