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Truncheon - Wikipedia
Truncheon may refer to: Club (weapon) · Baton (law enforcement) · Cutting (plant), means of plant propagation used by gardeners; HMS Truncheon (P353), ...
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TRUNCHEON Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. a : a police officer's billy club b : baton sense 2 c obsolete : club, bludgeon 2. a shattered spear or lance
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TRUNCHEON | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
a thick, heavy stick used as a weapon by police officers. Synonyms: baton, billy (STICK). picture of truncheon
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truncheon
▪ I. truncheon, n. (ˈtrʌnʃən) Forms: 4 tronsoun, trounsoun, trunsoun, -ioune, Sc. trwnsown, 5 trounson; 4–5 tronchoun, -eoun, -en, 4–7 tronchon, 5–7 troncheon, 6–7 tronchion, (5 trounchen, tronchown, -yn, trenchoune, 6 tronchone, trenshon, 7 trouncheon); Sc. 4–5 trunschoun, 5 trunscyoune, 6 trownsci...
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truncheon - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · A short staff, a club; a cudgel. · A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer. · (obsolete) A fragment ...
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TRUNCHEON Synonyms: 38 Similar Words - Merriam-Webster
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment; police officers kept their hands on their truncheons.
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Truncheon - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating c.1300 from Old North French tronchon and Latin truncus meaning "tree trunk," tronchoun means a spear shaft, short stick, or fragment cut off.
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TRUNCHEON Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
noun · the club carried by a police officer; billy. · a staff representing an office or authority; baton. · the shattered shaft of a spear. · cudgel; bludgeon.
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Truncheon - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
A truncheon is a short, thick club, mainly used by police officers. If you find yourself face-to-face with a truncheon, you better behave.
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Baton (law enforcement) - Wikipedia
A baton (also truncheon, nightstick, billy club, billystick, cosh, lathi, or simply stick) is a roughly cylindrical club made of wood, rubber, plastic, or ...
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truncheon
truncheon/ˈtrʌntʃən; `trʌntʃən/ (also baton) n short thick stick carried as a weapon, esp by police officers (作为武器携带的)粗短的棍子; (尤指)警棍.
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HMS Truncheon (P353)
So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named Truncheon. Truncheon was sold to the Israeli Navy in 1968, and renamed Dolphin.
As INS Dolphin
The submarine was purchased by Israel in 1968.
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Queen's Truncheon
The Truncheon is a unique emblem upon which recruits swear allegiance to the Regiment and the Crown. See also
Truncheon
Battle honour
References
Royal Gurkha Rifles
Brigade of Gurkhas
Ceremonial weapons
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truncheoned
truncheoned, a. (ˈtrʌnʃənd) [f. truncheon n. + -ed2.] Furnished or armed with a truncheon.1761 Goldsm. Cit. W. cix, The brickdust man took up as much room as the truncheoned hero. 1821 Blackw. Mag. X. 698 Truncheoned and uniformed as becomes a man of his military habits. 1839 Morn. Herald 11 July, T...
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President's Truncheon
colours having been modeled after the Queen's Truncheon. The President's Truncheon is carried along with the Regimental Truncheon which is the equivalent of Regimental colours.
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