backbencher

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Backbencher

Singular
backbencher

Plural
backbenchers

backbencher (plural backbenchers)

(politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.

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member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank

French: député sans portefeuille fr(fr) m., députée sans portefeuille fr(fr) f.
Icelandic: venjulegur þingmaður m. (referring to a man), venjuleg þingkona f. (referring to a woman); þingmaður sem ekki er í flokksforystunni m. (referring to a man), þingkona sem ekki er í flokksforystunni f. (referring to a woman)

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