BACKBENCH


Meaning of BACKBENCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˈbench ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Date: 1855

: a bench in a British legislature (as the House of Commons) occupied by rank-and-file members — compare front bench

• back·bench·er -ˈben-chər noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.