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Webster 1913 Edition


Baton

Bat′on

(băt′ŭn, F. bäˊtôN′; 277)
,
Noun.
[F.
bâton
. See
Baston
.]
1.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes;
as, the
baton
of a field marshal; the
baton
of a conductor in musical performances
.
He held the
baton
of command.
Prescott.
2.
(Her.)
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; – called also
bastard bar
. See
Bend sinister
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Baton

BATOON'

or BAT'ON,
Noun.
A staff or club; a marshal's staff; a truncheon; a badge of military honors.

Definition 2024


Baton

Baton

Albanian

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Baton m

  1. A male given name
Related terms

baton

baton

See also: Baton, bâton, and batön

English

Noun

baton (plural batons)

  1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes
    the baton of a field marshal
  2. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
  3. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
  4. (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
  5. (heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
  6. (heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

baton (third-person singular simple present batons, present participle batoning, simple past and past participle batoned)

  1. To strike with a baton.

Translations

References

  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at
  • The Observer's Book of Heraldry, by Charles Mackinnon of Dunakin, page 58.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From French bâton

Noun

baton

  1. bread stick
  2. chocolate stick

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Esperanto

Noun

baton

  1. accusative singular of bato

Hiligaynon

Verb

báton

  1. accept, get, receive

Japanese

Romanization

baton

  1. rōmaji reading of バトン

Polish

baton (1)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.tɔn/

Noun

baton m inan (diminutive batonik)

  1. candy bar

Declension