BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

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BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff) , the truncheon carried by a

field

marshal

MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah,
horse
- HORSE (a word common to Teutonic
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)
, and scalc, servant)

as a sign of authority, by a

police

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars,
city
- CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)
, state)

constable, &c.; in music, the stick with which the conductor of an orchestra beats time; in heraldry, the fourth

part

PART

of a bend, frequently broken off short at the ends so as to be shaped like a rod; in

English

ENGLISH

coats of arms, only as a mark of illegitimacy, the "

baton

BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

sinister."

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