Baton : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Baton	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Baton
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
baton n a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir Synonym(s): baton, wand a short stout club used primarily by policemen Synonym(s): truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Baton \Bat"on\, n. [F. b[acir]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}.