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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ba·ton       [buh-ton, ba-, bat-n] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.Music. a wand used by a conductor.
2.a rod of lightweight metal fitted with a weighted bulb at each end and carried and twirled by a drum major or majorette.
3.Track. a hollow rod of wood, paper, or plastic that is passed during a race from one member of a relay team to the next in a prescribed area.
4.a staff, club, or truncheon, esp. one serving as a mark of office or authority.
5.Heraldry.
a.a diminutive of the bend sinister, couped at the extremities: used in England as a mark of bastardy.
b.a similar diminutive of the ordinary bend.
[Origin: 1540–50; < MF bâton, OF baston < VL *bastōn- (s. of *bastō) stick, club; cf. LL bastum staff]

—Synonyms 4. mace, scepter, crosier, rod, wand; fasces; caduceus.
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ba·ton       (bə-tŏn', bā-, bāt'n)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Music A slender wooden stick or rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or band.
  2. A hollow metal rod with a heavy rubber tip or tips that is wielded and twirled by a drum major or drum majorette.
  3. A short staff carried by certain public officials as a symbol of office.
  4. Sports The hollow cylinder that is carried by each member of a relay team in a running race and passed to the next team member.
  5. A short stick carried by police; a billy club.
  6. Heraldry A shortened narrow bend, often signifying bastardy.


[French bâton, from Old French baston, stick, from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōn-.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
baton 
1548, "a staff used as a weapon," from Fr. batôn, from O.Fr. baston, from L.L. bastum "stout staff," prob. of Gaulish origin. Meaning "staff carried as a symbol of office" is from 1590; musical sense of "conductor's wand" is from 1867.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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baton

noun
1. a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir 
2. a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon] 
3. a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 
4. a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 
5. a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race 

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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
baton

A stick used by some conductors of choruses or orchestras. The baton is traditionally used to indicate the tempo of the music.


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Baton Rouge, LA (city, FIPS 5000) Location: 30.44897 N, 91.12604 W
Population (1990): 219531 (97115 housing units)
Area: 191.5 sq km (land), 5.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70801, 70802, 70805, 70806, 70808, 70809, 70810, 70812,

East Baton Rouge Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 33) Location: 30.54375 N, 91.09359 W
Population (1990): 380105 (156767 housing units)
Area: 1180.2 sq km (land), 38.6 sq km (water)

West Baton Rouge Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 121) Location: 30.46265 N, 91.31299 W
Population (1990): 19419 (7298 housing units)
Area: 495.3 sq km (land), 32.2 sq km (water)

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Baton

Bat"on\, 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.

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's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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