Definition of baston

• n. - A staff or cudgel.
• n. - See Baton.
• n. - 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.
• n. - A staff or cudgel.
• n. - See Baton.
• n. - 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.