Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a member of the House of Commons of Great Britain who is not a party leader.
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- noun politics A
Member of Parliament who does not havecabinet rank , and who therefore sits on one of thebackbenches or in one of theback rows of thelegislature .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
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Examples
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She's a first-term backbencher from exurban Minneapolis who says the Lord told her to run for Congress.
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She's a first-term backbencher from exurban Minneapolis who says the Lord told her to run for Congress.
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He's called a backbencher because anytime someone on these pages says anything nice or positive about a Republican it must be tempered with a slap.
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If he was an abject failure or what Mark Levin calls a backbencher, nobody would give Rush a second look.
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But back at home, the ex-PM is doing something that would be unimaginable for an ex-POTUS: He's still in Parliament as a "backbencher," repping his old district, a string of small mining communities in the southern part of Scotland.
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But back at home, the ex-PM is doing something that would be unimaginable for an ex-POTUS: He's still in Parliament as a "backbencher," repping his old district, a string of small mining communities in the southern part of Scotland.
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Now iRoy reminds us that Benn isn't just Britain's longest-serving parliamentarian -- he's also an inventor, the creator of the "backbencher" ( "a rucksack with stool attached") as well as a car-mounted easy-chair, a totally bad-ass pocket-protector, a briefcase that turns into a lectern, a magnetic map for logging your parking spot, and the "seat-case," a suitcase that turns into a chair.
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Anon - in the last year, I've earned twice as much as a councillor as a 'backbencher' by virtue of being a portfolio holder.
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Often, the press focused on Dole's "first woman" status, giving the impression that she was a "backbencher," not the seasoned political operative she in fact was.
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He and Ryder anticipated a different kind of backbencher, less loyal to the leadership and dogmatically opposed to Europe.
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