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1truncheon

noun trun·cheon \ˈtrən-chən\

Definition of TRUNCHEON

1
:  a shattered spear or lance
2
a obsolete :  club, bludgeon
b :  baton 2
c :  a police officer's billy club
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Origin of TRUNCHEON

Middle English tronchoun, from Anglo-French trunchun, from Vulgar Latin *truncion-, *truncio, from Latin truncus trunk
First Known Use: 14th century

Related to TRUNCHEON

Synonyms
bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, cane, cudgel, nightstick, rod, rung [Scottish], sap, shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, club, waddy [Australian]

Other Weapons and Explosives Terms

automatic, carbine, cudgel, muzzle, rapier

Rhymes with TRUNCHEON

luncheon, puncheon

2truncheon

transitive verb

Definition of TRUNCHEON

archaic
:  to beat with a truncheon

First Known Use of TRUNCHEON

circa 1598

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