back benchn.

Etymology: back- comb. form 1b(a).

Any one of the benches in the House of Commons or similar assembly occupied by members who are not entitled to a seat on the front benches on either side. Usually attributive (with hyphen).

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] > place of > parts of

floor1774

gangway1818

lobby1845

back bench1874

front bench1891

1874 Gentleman's Mag. New Ser. 12 334 During the debate on the Education Act Amendment Bill Mr. Osborne found himself sitting on a back bench below the gangway, and rose thence to address the House.

1885 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 195/1 He affects the Liberal side, sometimes presenting himself from a back bench in the rear of the bishops.

1902 T. W. H. Crosland Outlook Odes 2 You look embarassed, turn tail, retire to your back bench.

1905 Daily Chron. 13 July 6/1 Back-bench Members on the Ministerial side of the House.

1906 Outlook 7 Apr. 474/1 The Colonial Office is at present palpably at the mercy of any back-bench rhetorician who [etc.].

1928 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 9/3 The situation was obviously developing into general back-bench communal bickering.

Derivatives

ˌback-ˈbencher n. a member who occupies a seat on the back benches on either side of the house.

ΘΚΠ

burgessc1425

private member1606

recruiter1648

university member1774

unofficial member1822

labour member1871

Labour-Liberal1890

service member1890

front-bencher1907

back-bencher1910

shire-member1910

1910 Busy Man's Mag. Dec. 60 Some of the best men in Parliament are back-benchers.

1923 Daily Mail 23 May 6 Mr. Baldwin filled the modest rôle of a back-bencher in the House for many years.

1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 9 A man comparatively unknown to Parliament—..a ‘back-bencher’.

1959 Economist 3 July 19/2 The foolish notion that a back-bencher's life need be a useless one.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

单词	back bench
释义	back benchn. Etymology: back- comb. form 1b(a). Any one of the benches in the House of Commons or similar assembly occupied by members who are not entitled to a seat on the front benches on either side. Usually attributive (with hyphen). 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] > place of > parts of floor1774 gangway1818 lobby1845 back bench1874 front bench1891 1874 Gentleman's Mag. New Ser. 12 334 During the debate on the Education Act Amendment Bill Mr. Osborne found himself sitting on a back bench below the gangway, and rose thence to address the House. 1885 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Dec. 195/1 He affects the Liberal side, sometimes presenting himself from a back bench in the rear of the bishops. 1902 T. W. H. Crosland Outlook Odes 2 You look embarassed, turn tail, retire to your back bench. 1905 Daily Chron. 13 July 6/1 Back-bench Members on the Ministerial side of the House. 1906 Outlook 7 Apr. 474/1 The Colonial Office is at present palpably at the mercy of any back-bench rhetorician who [etc.]. 1928 Daily Tel. 13 Mar. 9/3 The situation was obviously developing into general back-bench communal bickering. Derivatives ˌback-ˈbencher n. a member who occupies a seat on the back benches on either side of the house. 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 1910 Busy Man's Mag. Dec. 60 Some of the best men in Parliament are back-benchers. 1923 Daily Mail 23 May 6 Mr. Baldwin filled the modest rôle of a back-bencher in the House for many years. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 9 A man comparatively unknown to Parliament—..a ‘back-bencher’. 1959 Economist 3 July 19/2 The foolish notion that a back-bencher's life need be a useless one. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1874
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