noun a staff or cudgel.
2. baston ·noun ·see baton.
3. baston ·noun an officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
noun a staff or cudgel.
2. baston ·noun ·see baton.
3. baston ·noun an officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012