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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

bâton

bâton

See also: baton, Baton, and batön

English

Noun

bâton ‎(plural bâtons)

  1. Alternative form of baton

French

Etymology

From Old French baston, probably from a Vulgar Latin *basto, bastonis, itself a modification of Late Latin bastum, or possibly noun use of the verb *bastāre, from Ancient Greek βαστάζειν ‎(bastázein). Compare Italian bastone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ.tɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Noun

bâton m ‎(plural bâtons)

  1. stick
  2. (heraldry) baton (as a charge)

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