Definition for TRUN'CHEON

TRUN'CHEON, n. [Fr. tronçon, from tronc, trunk, L. truncus.]

A short staff; a club; a cudgel; a batoon; used by kings and great officers as a mark of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judge's robe. Shak.

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