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ba⋅ton

  [buh-ton, ba-, bat-n]
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–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)   
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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