Thesaurus: baton

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1. n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
2. n. 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.
3. n. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
4. n. a short stout club used primarily by policemen
5. n. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority
6. n. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette
7. n. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
8. 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.
9. An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark ofbastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister;-- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
10. n:100 n. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir n. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority n. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette n. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race