batoon

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/bəˈtuːn/

noun

A baton.

OriginFrench bâton ← Latin bastum →
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Meanings

nounbatoon (plural batoons)

plural batoons

  1. archaicA baton.

    Of this mighty Order I am no mean member, but already one of the Chief Commanders, and may well aspire one day to hold the batoon of Grand Master.

    1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe
verbbatoon (third-person singular simple present batoons, present participle batooning, simple past and past participle batooned)

present singular third person batoons · participle present batooning · participle past batooned · past batooned

  1. archaicArchaic form of baton.

Origin

  1. Latinbastum“stick”
  2. Frenchbâton
  3. Englishbatoon

From French bâton, from Latin bastum (“stick”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with batoon

junesoonmooncartoonafternoontunenoontribuneimmuneballoonCameroonspoonsaloonlagoontoontycoondunenuntyphoonboonmonsoonplatooncocoonrune
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Anagrams

nabootTooban
Cite this entry
APA

batoon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batoon

MLA

“batoon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batoon. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “batoon,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/batoon.

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