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   baton

   /ˈbat(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir. Similar stickrodstaffwandbar
   • ▪ a short stick or tube passed from runner to runner in a relay race.
   • ▪ a long stick carried and twirled by a drum major or drum majorette.
   • ▪ a police officer's truncheon. Similar truncheonclubcudgelbludgeonstickbatmacenightstickblackjackshillelaghinformal:cosh
   • ▪ a staff of office or authority, especially one carried by a field marshal.
   • ▪ a rectangular piece of a vegetable or other food: "have plenty of crudités in the fridge, such as carrot batons"
   • ▪ a narrow bend truncated at each end.
   • ▪ a short bar replacing some figures on the dial of a clock or watch.
   • ▪ one of the suits in some tarot packs, corresponding to wands in others.

   Word Origin early 16th century (denoting a staff or cudgel): from French bâton, earlier baston, from late Latin bastum ‘stick’.

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