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Backbencher

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Noun

1. backbencher

a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Backbencher

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noun
British, Australian and New Zealand
a Member of Parliament who does not hold office in the government or opposition

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Backbencher

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noun
a legislator, esp. in the British House of Commons, who is not a leader in his or her party

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Backbencher

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n.
1. Chiefly British The rear benches in the House of Commons where junior members of Parliament sit behind government officeholders and their counterparts in the opposition party.
2. New members of Congress considered as a group.

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