bencher
/ˈbɛnt͡ʃɚ/
bencher noun: a senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
Noun
bencher (plural benchers)
- A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
- One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.
- There is Pump Court and Fountain Court, with their hydraulic apparatus, but one never heard of a bencher disporting in the fountain; and can’t but think how many a counsel learned in the law of old days might have benefited by the pump.1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 30, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published...
- An alderman of a corporation.
- ten of them Aldermen, or chief Benchers1719, Elias Ashmole, The Antiquity of Berkshire
- A member of a court or council.
- Come, come, you are well understood to be a perfecter / giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the / Capitol.c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, act 2, scene 1, lines 76–78
- One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
Forms of bencher
| plural | benchers |
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Origin of bencher
From bench + -er.
Words formed from bencher
Phrases with bencher
Questions about bencher
- What does bencher mean?
- Bencher means a senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
- What part of speech is bencher?
- Bencher is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bencher?
- Bencher is pronounced /ˈbɛnt͡ʃɚ/.
- What is the plural of bencher?
- The plural of bencher is benchers.
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