单词 | front-bencher |
释义 | > as lemmasfront-bencher front-bencher n. an occupant of a front bench, a leading member of the Government or Opposition. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > other types of member burgessc1425 private member1606 recruiter1648 university member1774 unofficial member1822 labour member1871 Labour-Liberal1890 service member1890 front-bencher1907 back-bencher1910 shire-member1910 1907 Westm. Gaz. 31 Aug. 1/3 Each Unionist Front-Bencher will have to do a double or treble turn. 1919 G. B. Shaw Heartbreak House Pref. in Heartbreak House, Great Catherine, & Playlets of War p. ix Where were our front benchers to nest if not here? 1968 Listener 30 May 694/3 Would you say that to be in opposition as a backbencher, or indeed even as a frontbencher, is virtually a role of impotence? < as lemmas |
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