FRONTBENCHER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("frontbencher" is a kind of...):

legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Derivation:

front bench (any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers)

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