Truncheon
['trʌn(t)ʃ(ə)n] or ['trʌntʃən]
Definition
(n.) A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
(n.) A baton, or military staff of command.
(n.) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
(v. t.) To beat with a truncheon.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Staff (of command), partisan, baton.
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Definition
n. a short staff: a cudgel: a baton or staff of authority.—v.t. to beat with a truncheon: to cudgel.—adj. Trun′cheoned furnished with a truncheon: armed with a lance.—ns. Trun′cheoneer Trun′cheoner one armed with a truncheon.
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Examples
- Mr Wegg opens the gate, descries a sort of brown paper truncheon under Mr Venus's arm, and remarks, in a dry tone: 'Oh! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It cost some exercise of the white truncheon, well seconded by the exertions of the domestics, to silence this canine clamour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My fool's cap was a casque, and my bauble a truncheon. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Mr. Dubbley did as he was desired; and half a dozen men, each with a short truncheon and a brass crown, flocked into the room. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The Prince accordingly made a sign with his truncheon, as the Knight passed him in his second career around the lists. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He is jealous of the truncheon which he holds in his trembling gripe, and he knows thou stretchest thy bold hand towards it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- A staring baronet, with a truncheon, gets a dimple in his chin. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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