Definitions for truncheon
ˈtrʌn tʃəntrun·cheon

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy clubnoun

   a short stout club used primarily by policemen

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. truncheonnoun

   A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.

2. truncheonnoun

   The shaft of a spear.

3. truncheonnoun

   A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

4. truncheonnoun

   A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

5. truncheonnoun

   A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

6. truncheonnoun

   penis

7. truncheonverb

   To strike with a truncheon.

8. Etymology: From tronchon, from *, from truncus.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Truncheonnoun

   Etymology: tronçon, French.

   1. A short staff; a club; a cudgel.

   With his truncheon he so rudely stroke
   Cymocles twice, that twice him forc’d his foot revoke. F. Q.

   Set limb to limb, and thou art far the lesser;
   Thy hand is but a finger to my fist;
   Thy leg is a stick compared with this truncheon. William Shakespeare.

   The English slew divers of them with plummets of lead tied to a truncheon or staff by a cord. John Hayward.

   One with a broken truncheon deals his blows. Dryden.

   2. A staff of command.

   The hand of Mars
   Beckon’d with fiery truncheon my retire. William Shakespeare.

   No ceremony that to great ones ’longs,
   The marshal’s truncheon, nor the judge’s robe,
   Become them with one half so good a grace,
   As mercy does. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

2. To Truncheonverb

   To beat with a truncheon.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Captain, thou abominable cheater! If captains were of my mind, they would truncheon you out of taking their names upon you before you earn’d them. William Shakespeare.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. truncheon

   A truncheon is a short, thick stick or baton carried as a weapon by police or security officers. It is usually made of wood, rubber, or plastic and is used for striking, bludgeoning, or to act as a deterrent.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Truncheonnoun

   a short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear

2. Truncheonnoun

   a baton, or military staff of command

3. Truncheonnoun

   a stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth

4. Truncheonverb

   to beat with a truncheon

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Truncheon

   trun′shun, n. a short staff: a cudgel: a baton or staff of authority.—v.t. to beat with a truncheon: to cudgel.—adj. Trun′cheoned, furnished with a truncheon: armed with a lance.—ns. Trun′cheoneer, Trun′cheoner, one armed with a truncheon. [O. Fr. tronçon—tronc.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. truncheon

   A field-marshal's baton; also a constable's.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. truncheon

   A club; a cudgel; also, a staff of command. The truncheon was for several ages the sign of office. Generals were presented with the truncheon as the sign of investiture with command; and all those officers who belonged to the suite of the general, and were not attached to regiments, carried a truncheon, or staff, whence the name of officers of the staff.

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1. • Club

How to pronounce truncheon?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of truncheon in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of truncheon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of truncheon in a Sentence

1. Spiro T. Agnew:

   Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=truncheon
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Truncheon
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=truncheon
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truncheon
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=truncheon
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=truncheon
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html