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English: Illustration from 1908 Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary.
Baton-sinister, n., a well-known heraldic indication of illegitimacy, improperly called Bar-sinister, a diminutive of a bend-sinister, not extending to the sides of the shield, so as to resemble a marshal's baton laid diagonally over the family arms from left to right. |
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| Source | Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language |
| Author | Rev. Thomas Davidson 1856-1923 (ed.) |
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