BACKBENCHER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does backbencher mean? 

• BACKBENCHER (noun)
  The noun BACKBENCHER has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BACKBENCHER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACKBENCHER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("backbencher" is a kind of...):

legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

backbench (any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons)