frontbencher
noun [C] /ˌfrʌntˈben.tʃər/
/-tʃɚ/ Definition
› a politician who sits on the front benches of the UK parliament: He is the government's longest serving frontbencher. → Compare backbencherGovernment administration and organisation
(Definition of frontbencher noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- backbench noun
- bench noun
- D-notice noun
- dispatch box noun
- front bench noun
- Hansard noun
- ombudsman noun
- order paper noun
- outpost noun
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- parliamentarian noun
- parliamentary adjective
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