The Meaning of baton

• (n.) A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
• (n.) 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.

Synonyms

verge , truncheon , billy , scepter , wand , billy club , billystick , sceptre , nightstick , he-goat , billy goat

Homophones

bataan

Rhymes

abidjan , abron , adon , agamemnon , aguillon , aileron , alarcon , alcon , aleron , almazan , alon , amadon , amazon , amman , amon , antiphon , antoine , anton , aragon , argon , argonne , aton , aune , autobahn , automaton , avalon , avignon , axon , ayon , azerbaijan , babylon , balaban , balon , baran , bardon , bataan , batten , batton , baughn , baun , bhutan , bon , bonn , bonne , boron , braton , bratten , bratton , braun , braune , brawn , bronn , buisson , bygone , caan , cadogan , caen , capon , cardon , carillon , caron , carreon , caton , catton , celadon , cephalon , ceylon , chandon , chiffon , chon , christiaan , christiane , christianne , chuan , cimarron , come-on , comecon , con , conn , corron , coupon , couvillion , couvillon , craton , craun , crayon , cron , dacron , dahn , dainippon , dameron , daun , dawn , denouement , deyton , dhahran , dijon , dion , dohn , don , donn , draughn , drawn , dwan , echelon , econ , egon , eldon , elston , encarnacion , epsilon , erion , evonne , exon , fatten , fawn , ferdon , fernand , flaten , flatten , flawn , foregone , forgone , frohn , gabaldon , gabon , garon , gatten , gatton , gawne , germiston , gibran , gnawn , gohn , goings-on , golan , gone , gratin , grattan , gratton , guei-yuan , guinan , guion , haan , hadron , hahn , halon , han , hargadon , hassan , hattan , haughn , haun , hawn , hebron , helicon , hexagon , hogan , hohn , hon , huan , huron , hwan , ilan , iran , irelan , jaan , jarmon , jaudon , javan , jiron , joffrion , johan , john , jon , jonn , juan , juran , kahn , kazakhstan , khan , kohn , kon , koran , kwan , kwon , lamon , lat-lon , latin , laton , laun , lawn , lexicon , liaison , lian , lohn , lon , lujan , madelon , magnetron , mahlon , mak-kwan , manhattan , manion , maran , marathon , maron , mastodon , matalon , matin , matton , mayon , mazon , mccaughan , mcconn , mcglaun , mchatton , memnon , menon , meson , micron , milan , miron , mohn , moldovan , monn , monzon , moron , moseley-braun , mouzon , napolitan , nejamatin , neutron , nikon , nilan , nippon , non , nylon , oberon , octagon , odds-on , oman , on , oran , oregon , orran , ortegon , overdrawn , pantheon , paragon , parmesan , parthenon , patane , patin , paton , patten , patton , pawn , pecan , pentagon , perignon , peron , phenomenon , photon , pi-meson , pierron , pilon , pinzon , pion , plamondon , platen , polygon , pompon , pon , positron , pousson , pran , praun , prawn , predawn , proton , put-on , pylon , qian , quan , quinton , rabon , radon , ragon , ramadan , rapprochement , ratten , raun , rohatyn , rohn , ron , ronne , run-on , saigon , salmeron , salon , sanjuan , santistevan , saskatchewan , satin , schon , schwahn , schwan , schwann , sean , shaun , shawn , shon , silmon , siobhan , slaton , slatten , slatton , slip-on , sobon , sohn , sonn , sonne , sorbonne , spahn , spawn , srinivasan , staten , staton , statton , stephane , stratton , strawn , swan , swann , taiwan , teheran , tehran , telefon , thereon , thereupon , thon , thrawn , tian , tonn , toran , tron , tucson , upon , vanpatten , vardon , varnon , varon , vaughan , vaughn , verdon , villagran , villalon , vivyan , von , von-braun , walk-on , wan , wann , waylon , whereupon , withdrawn , woebegone , xian , xuan , yaohan , yaun , yawn , yirng-an , yohn , yon , yonne , yuan , yukon , yvonne , zamarron , zaun , zon