[Middle English tronchon, piece broken off, club, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *trunciō, *trunciōn-, from Latin truncus, trunk. See trunk.]
trun'cheon v.The noun truncheon has one meaning:
Meaning #1: a policeman's club
Synonyms: nightstick, billy, billystick
Nederlands (Dutch)
wapenstok
Franais (French)
matraque, gourdin
Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlagstock
ή (Greek)
n. ή ά, ό, (ύ)
Italiano (Italian)
manganello, sfollagente
Portugus (Portuguese)
n. - cacete (m), cassetete (m)
Русский (Russian)
полицейская дубинка
Espaol (Spanish)
n. - cachiporra, porra
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - batong, kommandostav, pk, klubba
中国话 (Simplified Chinese)
n. - 棍子, 权杖, 警棍
中國話 (Traditional Chinese)
n. - 棍子, 權杖, 警棍
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 警棒, 職杖
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) صولجان ألسلطه, هراوة, عصا
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - אלה, מקל
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