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Definition of: baton
(ba·ton′, bat′n; Fr. bá·tô′) noun
1. A short official staff or truncheon borne as a weapon or as an emblem of authority or privilege: a marshal's baton.
2. Music A slender stick or rod used for beating time.
3. Her. A bend borne sinisterwise across the shield as a mark of bastardy: also baton sinister, erroneously bar sinister. [<F bâton <OF baston <LL bastum stick]
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