A baton is the small stick or rod, like the one that an orchestra conductor uses to direct musicians. A conductor's baton is often made of lightweight wood.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes;
Noun
a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to direct an orchestra
Noun
an implement passed from runner to runner in a relay race
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.
Baton
He held the baton of command.2.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes;
Usage Examples
Some of the greatest actors have turned superheroes into a serious business: Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson in 'Batman' Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart, the first venerable knights of the X-Men, who have now passed the baton to Michael Fassbender and James McAvoy.
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