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Definition of: truncheon

(trunchən) noun
1. A short, heavy stick; a club; staff.
2. The baton of a military officer or marshal.
3. A tree whose branches have been lopped off to hasten growth; tree trunk: the original meaning.
4. Obs. A short club or cudgel; a spear shaft.
5. Brit. A policeman's club.
v.t. To beat as with a truncheon; cudgel.
[<OF trunçun, tronchon a stump, ult. <L truncus TRUNK]

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