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English

Pronunciation

RP: , IPA: /ˈbætɒn/,
US: , IPA: /bəˈtɑn/,

Noun

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).

Translations

Finnish: pamppu, sauva, komentosauva, keppi, tahtikeppi

References

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

bâton#French|bâton - stick.

Noun

baton

Declension

References

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

et:baton el:baton fa:baton fr:baton io:baton it:baton pl:baton ru:baton fi:baton ta:baton te:baton vi:baton zh:baton

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Baton \Bat"on\ (b[a^]t"[u^]n, F. b[aum]`t[^o]N"; 277), n. [F.
b[^a]ton. 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.
[1913 Webster]

He held the baton of command. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]

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.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet baton
n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an
orchestra
2: an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race

Moby Dictionary
Malacca cane , achievement , alerion , alpenstock , animal charge ,
annulet , argent , armorial bearings , armory , arms , aspersion ,
attaint , azure , badge , badge of infamy , badge of office , badges ,
bandeau , bar , bar sinister , bastardism , bastardy , bat , bearings ,
bend , bend sinister , billet , billy , billy club , black eye ,
black mark , blazon , blazonry , blot , bludgeon , blur , bordure , brand ,
brassard , broad arrow , button , cadency mark , caduceus , cane ,
canton , cap and gown , censure , chain , chain of office , champain ,
chaplet , charge , chevron , chief , class ring , club , coat of arms ,
cockade , cockatrice , collar , coronet , crescent , crest , crook ,
crosier , cross , cross moline , cross-staff , crown , crutch ,
crutch-stick , decoration , device , diapason , difference ,
differencing , disparagement , dress , eagle , emblems , ensigns ,
ermine , ermines , erminites , erminois , escutcheon , falcon , fasces ,
fess , fess point , field , figurehead , file , flanch , fleur-de-lis ,
fret , fur , fusil , garland , gavel , griffin , gules , gyron ,
hammer and sickle , handstaff , hatchment , helmet , heraldic device ,
heraldry , honor point , illegitimacy , illegitimateness , impalement ,
impaling , imputation , inescutcheon , insignia , label , lapel pin ,
lion , lituus , livery , lozenge , mace , mantle , mantling ,
mark of Cain , markings , marshaling , martlet , mascle , medal , metal ,
metronome , monochord , mortarboard , motto , mullet , music stand ,
mute , nightstick , nombril point , octofoil , old school tie , onus ,
or , ordinary , orle , pale , paly , pastoral staff , paterissa , pean ,
pheon , pillorying , pin , pitch pipe , point champain , portfolio ,
purpure , quarter , quartering , quarterstaff , reflection , regalia ,
reprimand , reproach , rhythmometer , ring , rod , rod of office , rose ,
sable , saltire , scepter , school ring , scutcheon , shamrock , shield ,
shillelagh , sigillography , skull and crossbones , slur , smear ,
smirch , smudge , smutch , sonometer , sphragistics , spot ,
spread eagle , staff , stain , stave , stick , stigma , stigmatism ,
stigmatization , subordinary , swagger stick , swanking stick ,
swastika , taint , tarnish , tartan , tenne , thistle , tie , tincture ,
tone measurer , torse , tressure , truncheon , tuning bar , tuning fork ,
tuning pipe , unicorn , uniform , vair , verge , vert , walking stick ,
wand , wand of office , war club , wreath , yale