Word: bastons
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ba
stons
Definition: Plural of baston. 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: baston
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: 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.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: baston
Language: fro
Decoded: baston
PoS: Noun
Meaning: stick, truncheon
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).