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baston¹

  • /ˈbæstən/

Rhymes with -æstən

Where it comes from

From Middle English baston, from Old French baston. Doublet of baton.

noun bastons

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of baton
  2. obsolete A staff or cudgel. Thoſe Chriſtian Captiues, which you keepe as ſlaues, […] when they chance to reſt or breath a ſpace, Are puniſht with Baſtones so grieuouſly, That they lie panting on the Gallies ſide.
  3. obsolete 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. Item, whereas divers people, at the suit of the party commanded to the prison of the Fleet, by judgment given in courts of our Lord the King, be oftentimes suffered to go at large by the warden of the prison, sometime by mainprise or by bail, and sometimes without any mainprise with a baston of the

Baston²

Where it comes from

From the French and English surname, from Old French bastun (“stick”).

proper noun Bastons

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Old French.
  2. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF1114).

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"baston." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/baston. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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baston. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/baston

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"baston." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/baston.

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@misc{baston_2026,
  title = {baston},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baston},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}