: a card bearing identifying data (such as age or organizational membership) about the individual whose name appears thereon

called also identification card, identity card

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Now, all states must at least require proof of your legal name, date of birth, Social Security number, legal residency, and two forms verifying your address before issuing a driver’s license or ID card. Addy Bink, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024 At the time of his arrest, Pree allegedly had several cellphones, ID cards, debit and credit cards in different people’s names, multiple drivers’ licenses and a fake Harvard University ID. Jason Green, The Mercury News, 10 Dec. 2024 Both players were arrested inside the French casino in late July after weeks of surveillance, with police recovering a variety of items from both their person and their hotel rooms (including ID cards from casinos around Europe that suggested a prolonged scheme). Ben Dowsett, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024 Mangione reportedly had a gun, a silencer, and false ID cards similar to those thought to have been used by the killer in New York City. Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ID card 

Word History

First Known Use

1937, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ID card was in 1937

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“ID card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ID%20card. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.

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