truncheon

Noun
Synonyms: nightstickbatonbillybillystickbilly club

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a short stout club used primarily by policemenSynonyms: nightstickbatonbillybillystickbilly club
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, v. t. To beat with a truncheon. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Truncheon \Trun"cheon\, n. [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF. tronchon, tron?on, F. tron?on, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus, and cf. Trounce.]

1.A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. [1913 Webster]

With his truncheon he so rudely struck.— Spenser.[1913 Webster]

2.A baton, or military staff of command. [1913 Webster]

The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

3.A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. --Gardner. [1913 Webster]

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