Truncheon Definition

trŭnchən
truncheons
noun
truncheons
A policeman's stick or billy.
Webster's New World
Any staff or baton used as a symbol of authority.
Webster's New World
A short, thick club; cudgel.
Webster's New World
A thick cutting from a plant, as for grafting.
American Heritage
The shaft of a spear.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
truncheons
To beat with a truncheon.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Truncheon

Noun

Singular:
truncheon
Plural:
truncheons

Origin of Truncheon

  • Middle English tronchon piece broken off, club from Old North French from Vulgar Latin trunciō *trunciōn- from Latin truncus trunk trunk

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French tronchon (“thick stick"), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.

    From Wiktionary

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