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batonless

batonless adjective: without a baton.

Adjective

batonless (not comparable)

  1. Without a baton.
    • Taking his seat facing the Orchestra of the 18th Century, the man, Frans Bruggen, began conducting Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony, batonless, his right hand karate-chopping the air.2008 June 30, Daniel J. Wakin, “In Italy, ‘Eroica’ Energizes a Frail Fixture of Period Music”, in New York Times

Origin of batonless

From baton + -less.

Questions about batonless

What does batonless mean?
Batonless means without a baton.
What part of speech is batonless?
Batonless is an adjective.

Words near batonless in the dictionary

  1. batoning
  2. batonings
  3. batonist
  4. batonistic
  5. batonists
  6. batonless
  7. batonlike
  8. batonned
  9. batonnet
  10. batonnets
  11. batonning

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