truncheon
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌnt͡ʃən/
The English word “truncheon” has 7 meanings listed here.
noun
- A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
- A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
- A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
- The shaft of a spear.
- A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
- A penis.
verb
- To strike with a truncheon.
Etymology
From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.
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