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frontbencher

frontbencher noun: a Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.

Noun

frontbencher (plural frontbenchers)

  1. A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.
    • Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3
    • Cleverly did not directly respond to the claim from the Labour frontbencher when he later answered her questions.2023 November 15, Rajeev Syal, Peter Walker, Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn, “Rishi Sunak to bring in emergency law after supreme court’s Rwanda ruling”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of frontbencher

pluralfrontbenchers
alternative formfront bencher
alternative formfront-bencher

Origin of frontbencher

From front bench + -er.

Questions about frontbencher

What does frontbencher mean?
Frontbencher means a Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.
What part of speech is frontbencher?
Frontbencher is a noun.
What is the plural of frontbencher?
The plural of frontbencher is frontbenchers.

Words near frontbencher in the dictionary

  1. frontaloccipital
  2. frontals
  3. frontate
  4. frontated
  5. frontbench
  6. frontbencher
  7. frontbenchers
  8. frontbenches
  9. frontbend
  10. frontbended
  11. frontbending

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