TRUN'CHEON, noun [Latin truncus.] A short staff; a club; a cudgel; a battoon; used by kings and great officers as a mark of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judge's robe. TRUN'CHEON, verb transitive To beat with a truncheon; to cudgel.
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