Found 3 items, similar to Baton.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: baton
tongkat aba-aba pemimpin musik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: baton
baton
n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an
orchestra
2: an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Baton
Baton
\Bat"on\ (b[a^]t"[u^]n, F. b[aum]`t[^o]N"; 277), n. [F.
b[^a]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.
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He held the baton of command. --Prescott.
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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.
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