An alternative spelling or variant of baton, often used in older texts or specific regional contexts.
From Old French 'baton,' a variant spelling. 'Batoon' appears in historical documents and reflects how medieval French spelling varied before standardization.
The reason 'batoon' and 'baton' both exist is because English scribes in medieval times just spelled words however they felt looked right—there was no spellcheck, so the same object got called by slightly different names in different manuscripts.
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