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FRONT BENCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does front bench mean? 

FRONT BENCH (noun)
  The noun FRONT BENCH has 1 sense:

1. any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministersplay

  Familiarity information: FRONT BENCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FRONT BENCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("front bench" is a kind of...):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

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:

frontbencher (a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party)


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