• Backbench

    Origin

    From back + bench.

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    Noun

    backbench

    (plural backbenches)
    1. (politics, UK, NZ, often attributive) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), any bench behind either of the front benches and occupied by rank-and-file members.His spacious quarters indicate his transition from backbench upstart to established member of the governing team.

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