name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #26830)
noun: (obsolete) A staff or cudgel.
noun: (obsolete) 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.
noun: A surname from Old French.
noun: (heraldry) Obsolete form of baton. [A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.]
