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Word: truncheon (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
  • A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
  • obsolete A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
  • obsolete A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
  • obsolete The shaft of a spear.

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