'Branded' definitions:
Definition of 'branded'
From: WordNet
adjective
(of goods and merchandise) marked or labeled by a distinctive word or symbol indicating exclusive rights; "branded merchandise is that bearing a standard brand name"
adjective
Marked with a brand; "branded cattle"; "branded criminal" [ant: unbranded]
Definition of 'Branded'
From: GCIDE
- Brand \Brand\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Branded; p. pr. & vb. n. Branding.].
- 1. To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict). [1913 Webster]
- 2. To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon. [1913 Webster]
- The Inquisition branded its victims with infamy. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
- There were the enormities, branded and condemned by the first and most natural verdict of common humanity. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron. [1913 Webster]
- As if it were branded on my mind. --Geo. Eliot. [1913 Webster]