| 释义 |
‖ bâtonnier|batɔnje|
[Fr., = ‘staff-bearer’, f. bâton staff.]
The title of the doyen of the Bar of Paris and of Quebec.
1907Westm. Gaz. 26 Nov. 10/1 It is from circumstances connected with St. Catherine's festivals that the ‘bâtonnier’ of the Paris Bar derives his curious designation. 1918E. Clarke Story of my Life xxviii. 368, I was entertained at dinner by the Quebec Bar; Mr. Donald MacMaster, the batonnier, presided. 1921Q. Rev. Jan. 23 The riding in which he [sc. Sir W. Laurier] had practised as a lawyer; in which he achieved the only prize in his profession that ever fell to him—election as batonnier by the Bar of the county. |