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Baton

Baton Meaning & Definition
Baton Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Baton?

[n] a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra
[n] an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race

Synonyms | Synonyms for Baton:

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See Also | rod | sports implement | wand

Baton In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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