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Definition of Baton
1. Noun. A thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir.
2. Noun. A short stout club used primarily by policemen.
3. Noun. A short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority.
4. Noun. A hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette.
5. Noun. A hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race.
Definition of Baton
1. n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
Definition of Baton
1. Noun. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal ¹
2. Noun. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances. ¹
3. Noun. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race. ¹
4. Noun. A short stout club used primarily by policemen. ¹
5. Noun. (heraldiccharge) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston). ¹
6. Verb. To strike with a baton. ¹
7. Noun. (alternative form of baton) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Baton
1. a short rod [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baton
Literary usage of Baton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The baton often marks illegitimacy. The term baton, however, is also applied to
the ribbon. (lg. X). ГНИ. ..."
2. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"ANTON SEIDL ON CONDUCTING (CONCLUDED) Introduction of the baton—Necessity for
the Individual Conductor-—His Qualifications and Duties—Opera and Concert ..."
3. The Youth's Companion, Or, An Historical Dictionary: Consisting of Articles by Ezra Sampson (1816)
"baton, an instrument for flagellation in China ; it is a piece of bamboo, ...
The offender who has undergone the flagellation of the baton on his naked body ..."
4. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association (1920)
"The equipment consists of two posts or standards placed upright in the ground
100 yards apart (for girls 75 yards apart) for each team, a baton, also a cord ..."
5. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"Usually his baton is poised lightly between his thumb and the tips of his fingers
and at an obtuse angle from his body ; occasionally he grasps it tightly ..."
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