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Definition of Backbencher
1. Noun. A member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader.
Generic synonyms: Legislator
Derivative terms: Backbench
Definition of Backbencher
1. Noun. (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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backbencher
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backbencher
Literary usage of Backbencher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Time and Fateby Lance Price by Lance Price (2005)
"“Senior backbencher my foot,” chipped in Helen. “More like some has-been or ...
“A senior Labour backbencher who says the Conservative Party is now closer ..."
2. The South Sea Islanders and the Queensland Labour Trade: A Record of Voyages by William T. Wawn (1893)
"Let MH Ellis or FM Forde write newspaper articles hostile to the New Guinea
administration,9 a backbencher raise a question in federal parliament or a ..."
3. The House of Lords and Ideological Politics: Lord Salisbury's Referendal by Corinne Comstock Weston (1995)
"Rose also reports that Curzon's record as a backbencher at Westminster was meager.
He "spoke infrequently even ..."
4. The House of Lords and Ideological Politics: Lord Salisbury's Referendal by Corinne Comstock Weston (1995)
"Rose also reports that Curzon's record as a backbencher at Westminster was meager.
He "spoke infrequently even on imperial affairs, shunned social questions ..."
5. Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines, 1946-1992 by John Gunn (1999)
"Shack's closest ally, backbencher John Hyde, told the Financial Review that he
believed eleven government members were prepared to cross the floor in the ..."
6. Face to Face by Jeff W. O'Connell, Gabrielle Warnock (2000)
"Subsequently worked on The Irish Times where he wrote the 'backbencher' column
for many years. Chaired 'The Hurler on the Ditch', a political panel ..."
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