Meaning of “backbencher” in the English Dictionary

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uk /ˌbækˈben.tʃər/ us /ˌbækˈben.tʃɚ/

› a member of the UK parliament who does not have any official position in the government or in one of the opposing parties:

The advantage of being a backbencher is that you can speak your mind.

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› Indian English also back-bencher a student who does not work hard or is not successful

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(Definition of “backbencher” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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