baston
/B AE1 S T AH0 N/noun
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(obsolete) A staff or cudgel.
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(obsolete) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
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A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1114).
- 4
A surname from Old French.
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(heraldry) Obsolete form of baton. [A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.]
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