benchern.

Brit.

/ˈbɛn(t)ʃə/, U.S.

/ˈbɛn(t)ʃər/

Forms: see bench n. and -er suffix¹; also late Middle English boncher.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bench n., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < bench n. + -er suffix¹.

a. A person who sits on a bench in an official capacity; a magistrate, judge, parliamentarian, member of a council, etc. Now rare (except with modifying first element).Cf. front-bencher n. at front n. Compounds 2; back-bencher n. at back bench n. Derivatives; cross-bencher n. at cross-bench n. Derivatives.Earliest as a surname, possibly referring to the same individual in both examples.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > who officially sits on a bench

bencher1279

1279 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1818) II. 805 (MED) Rogerus le Bencher.

1293–4 in H. E. Salter Cartulary Hosp. St. John Baptist (1917) III. 45 (MED) Terra Rogeri le Benchar.

c1450 Brut (Egerton) 446 (MED) The Barons of the v Portes begone þe table..on þe ryght hand Of the Quene; And be-neyth þaim..setten þe Bonchers of þe Chauncery.

a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Bi^v Of Parasites and Scicophants you are a graue bencher.

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. B3 ^v Serieant, Bencher, Counsailer, Atturney or Petifogger.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 80 A necessary Bencher in the Capitoll.

1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 257 The grave Benchers of Jerusalem..Rabbies of Israel.

a1693 E. Ashmole Hist. & Antiq. Berks. (1723) III. 58 Ten of them Aldermen or chief Benchers.

1798 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading VI. 222 Before the said jurors..had begun to elect or nominate the said defendant, &c. to be benchers, or any of them to be a bencher for the purpose aforesaid.

1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 131 The Bench does not contain a single person who, if..seen outside, would not immediately be recognised as a bencher.

1955 Times 29 July 8/4 Something like a panic has swept right-wing benchers lest M. Faure should be planning to re-enact in reverse the coup of M. Laniel's Government.

b. One of the senior members of an Inn of Court in London. Also with a capital initial.The benchers form for each Inn a self-elective body, managing its affairs, and possessing the privilege of calling a person to the bar. Cf. bench table n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > member of Inns of Court

fellow1454

bencher1507

reader1507

ancient1563

Templar1588

cupboard-mana1632

special pleader1727

1507 in C. H. Hopwood Middle Temple Rec. (1904) I. 21 First, that yerely at Hyllary terme the Reader for Somer vacacion then next folowyng be chosyn, and that immediatly after his eleccion, he be taken and admitted for a Bencher.

1512 in W. P. Baildon Black Bks. (Rec. Soc. Lincoln's Inn) (1897) I. 171 [Thomas Godeman] shall have his boyer and the ij clerkes at the yeman's commens, after suche maner and fourme as the Benchers of the same Inne have their boyer and clerkes.

c1545 T. Denton et al. Return to Hen. VIII. of State of Inns of Court in E. Waterhouse Comment. on Fortescue (1663) 544 The whole company and fellowship of learners is divided..into three..degrees:..Benchers, or as they call them in some of the houses, Readers,..Utter-Barresters for that they, when they argue the said Motes, sit uttermost on the formes which are called the Barr, and this degree is the chiefest..in the house, next the Benchers. All the residue of learners are called Inner-Barresters, which are the youngest men.

1562–3 Act 5 Elizabeth I c. 1 §4 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 403 Aswell utter Barresters as Benchers.

1649 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 4. 26 To give order to the Judges of the severall Courts, the Benchers of the severall Innes of Court, and Principals of the Innes of Chancery.

1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 311 He was made successively Barrester, utter Barrester, Bencher and Reader.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶4 Benchers of the several Inns of Court, who seem to be Dignitaries of the Law.

1797 J. Farington Diary 17 Nov. (1923) I. lxiii. 221 Sixteen Benchers dined to-day in the Inner Temple hall.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 774 The benchers of the Inner Temple could bear the scandal..no longer.

1861 Evening Star & Dial 1 Nov. 4/2 The Prince..was to be called to the bar, and elected a bencher of the Middle Temple.

1917 Scotsman 3 July 3 Mr James William Greig..has been elected a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn.

1946 N.Y. Times 19 June 13 Roosevelt almost became a bencher of Gray's Inn.

1992 D. Pannick Advocates iv. 124 The manner in which the Attorney-General, Sir John Hobson, conducted a case in the Divisional Court in 1963 led to his being reported to the Benchers of his Inn by a fellow Bencher for alleged unprofessional conduct.

2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. 4 A leading barrister..Ms Cherie Booth QC, will be made an honorary bencher of the King's Inns tomorrow.

c. Canadian. A member of the regulating body of the Law Society in all provinces except New Brunswick. In early use frequently with capital initial.

ΚΠ

1856 Upper Canada Law Directory 1857 9 Law Society of Upper Canada... The Society is governed by the Board of Benchers much in the same manner as the various Law Societies in London.

1892 Canad. Law Times Dec. 296 By a vote of 12 to 11 the Benchers resolved to admit women to practice as solicitors. The vote we believe does not represent the opinion of the profession, nor for that matter, the real opinion of the Benchers.

1935 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Aug. 8/4 Mr. Justice Montague entertained at dinner Wednesday, prior to the reception and dance of the president and benchers of the Law Society of Manitoba.

1959 Winnipeg Free Press 19 Sept. 58/3 Two Ontario lawyers have been ordered disbarred by the benchers of the Law Society, because of professional misconduct.

1993 Canad. Lawyer Aug. 39/1 That remark conjures up visions of thousands of taped-mouthed lawyers across the country afraid of legions of law society benchers and bureaucrats.

2005 Metro (Toronto) 8 Dec. 4/2 The law society's elected governors, known as benchers, will consider Hunter's resignation letter at their meeting tomorrow.

2. A person who sits on a bench (or a seat in a boat); an occupant of a tavern bench. Now rare.In quot. a1533 perhaps some misapprehension is involved; it translates French les besches dor, & les bescheurs..Roys ‘the spades of gold and the diggers..kings’.In quot. 1601 referring to the refrain of the alehouse lounger: ‘talk less’ (and drink more).In quot. a1635 punning on sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > frequenting pubs > person

taverner1340

benchera1533

barfly1906

pub-crawler1910

pub-goer1951

pub-friend1959

bar-hopper1974

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > in specific place

market beaterc1405

market dasher1440

market runner?c1475

benchera1533

bench-whistler1542

bench-babbler1549

Paul's man1616

Paul's-walker1658

benchwarmer1662

round-towner1775

wharf-rat1823

boulevardier1879

sidewalk superintendent1879

bar-loafer1889

stoepsitter1934

beach bum1962

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 120 If the pyllers be of syluer, and benches of gold, and though the benchers be kynges.

1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. iv. sig. H Oh the Benchers phrase: Pauca verba, Pauca verba .

a1635 T. Randolph High & Mightie Commendation Good Ale (1642) sig. A2 It [sc. a pot of good ale] will open his jaw, he will tell you the Law, And straight be a Bencher with a pot of Good Ale.

1830 Mechanic's Press (Utica, N.Y.) 10 July 274/1 Nor are they topers at taverns, or benchers at groceries, or loafers who ‘chase misfortune o'er the towpath’.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 286 The benchers joke with the women passing by.

1860 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xiii. 262 Old companions, θρανίται, benchers (of the gallant eight-oar).

1876 Tinsley's Mag. 18 71 Gentle and simple were ‘benchers’, and were content. Stalls are a modern bit of luxury, introduced in imitation of opera manners.

1910 Richmond (Indiana) Morning News 27 Oct. 6/3 City Hall park had a touch of it [sc. snow] and the benchers began to think winter was coming.

1991 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 29 Sept. 3 e/2 They're the ‘benchers’. They sit there on the brick-lined walks, lounging on old-fashioned park benches.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	bencher
释义	benchern. Brit. /ˈbɛn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˈbɛn(t)ʃər/ Forms: see bench n. and -er suffix¹; also late Middle English boncher. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bench n., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < bench n. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A person who sits on a bench in an official capacity; a magistrate, judge, parliamentarian, member of a council, etc. Now rare (except with modifying first element).Cf. front-bencher n. at front n. Compounds 2; back-bencher n. at back bench n. Derivatives; cross-bencher n. at cross-bench n. Derivatives.Earliest as a surname, possibly referring to the same individual in both examples. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > who officially sits on a bench bencher1279 1279 in W. Illingworth Rotuli Hundredorum (1818) II. 805 (MED) Rogerus le Bencher. 1293–4 in H. E. Salter Cartulary Hosp. St. John Baptist (1917) III. 45 (MED) Terra Rogeri le Benchar. c1450 Brut (Egerton) 446 (MED) The Barons of the v Portes begone þe table..on þe ryght hand Of the Quene; And be-neyth þaim..setten þe Bonchers of þe Chauncery. a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Bi^v Of Parasites and Scicophants you are a graue bencher. 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. B3 ^v Serieant, Bencher, Counsailer, Atturney or Petifogger. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) ii. i. 80 A necessary Bencher in the Capitoll. View more context for this quotation 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 257 The grave Benchers of Jerusalem..Rabbies of Israel. a1693 E. Ashmole Hist. & Antiq. Berks. (1723) III. 58 Ten of them Aldermen or chief Benchers. 1798 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading VI. 222 Before the said jurors..had begun to elect or nominate the said defendant, &c. to be benchers, or any of them to be a bencher for the purpose aforesaid. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 131 The Bench does not contain a single person who, if..seen outside, would not immediately be recognised as a bencher. 1955 Times 29 July 8/4 Something like a panic has swept right-wing benchers lest M. Faure should be planning to re-enact in reverse the coup of M. Laniel's Government. b. One of the senior members of an Inn of Court in London. Also with a capital initial.The benchers form for each Inn a self-elective body, managing its affairs, and possessing the privilege of calling a person to the bar. Cf. bench table n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > member of Inns of Court fellow1454 bencher1507 reader1507 ancient1563 Templar1588 cupboard-mana1632 special pleader1727 1507 in C. H. Hopwood Middle Temple Rec. (1904) I. 21 First, that yerely at Hyllary terme the Reader for Somer vacacion then next folowyng be chosyn, and that immediatly after his eleccion, he be taken and admitted for a Bencher. 1512 in W. P. Baildon Black Bks. (Rec. Soc. Lincoln's Inn) (1897) I. 171 [Thomas Godeman] shall have his boyer and the ij clerkes at the yeman's commens, after suche maner and fourme as the Benchers of the same Inne have their boyer and clerkes. c1545 T. Denton et al. Return to Hen. VIII. of State of Inns of Court in E. Waterhouse Comment. on Fortescue (1663) 544 The whole company and fellowship of learners is divided..into three..degrees:..Benchers, or as they call them in some of the houses, Readers,..Utter-Barresters for that they, when they argue the said Motes, sit uttermost on the formes which are called the Barr, and this degree is the chiefest..in the house, next the Benchers. All the residue of learners are called Inner-Barresters, which are the youngest men. 1562–3 Act 5 Elizabeth I c. 1 §4 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 403 Aswell utter Barresters as Benchers. 1649 Severall Proc. Parl. No. 4. 26 To give order to the Judges of the severall Courts, the Benchers of the severall Innes of Court, and Principals of the Innes of Chancery. 1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 311 He was made successively Barrester, utter Barrester, Bencher and Reader. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶4 Benchers of the several Inns of Court, who seem to be Dignitaries of the Law. 1797 J. Farington Diary 17 Nov. (1923) I. lxiii. 221 Sixteen Benchers dined to-day in the Inner Temple hall. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 774 The benchers of the Inner Temple could bear the scandal..no longer. 1861 Evening Star & Dial 1 Nov. 4/2 The Prince..was to be called to the bar, and elected a bencher of the Middle Temple. 1917 Scotsman 3 July 3 Mr James William Greig..has been elected a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn. 1946 N.Y. Times 19 June 13 Roosevelt almost became a bencher of Gray's Inn. 1992 D. Pannick Advocates iv. 124 The manner in which the Attorney-General, Sir John Hobson, conducted a case in the Divisional Court in 1963 led to his being reported to the Benchers of his Inn by a fellow Bencher for alleged unprofessional conduct. 2002 Irish Times (Nexis) 17 Jan. 4 A leading barrister..Ms Cherie Booth QC, will be made an honorary bencher of the King's Inns tomorrow. c. Canadian. A member of the regulating body of the Law Society in all provinces except New Brunswick. In early use frequently with capital initial. ΚΠ 1856 Upper Canada Law Directory 1857 9 Law Society of Upper Canada... The Society is governed by the Board of Benchers much in the same manner as the various Law Societies in London. 1892 Canad. Law Times Dec. 296 By a vote of 12 to 11 the Benchers resolved to admit women to practice as solicitors. The vote we believe does not represent the opinion of the profession, nor for that matter, the real opinion of the Benchers. 1935 Winnipeg Free Press 29 Aug. 8/4 Mr. Justice Montague entertained at dinner Wednesday, prior to the reception and dance of the president and benchers of the Law Society of Manitoba. 1959 Winnipeg Free Press 19 Sept. 58/3 Two Ontario lawyers have been ordered disbarred by the benchers of the Law Society, because of professional misconduct. 1993 Canad. Lawyer Aug. 39/1 That remark conjures up visions of thousands of taped-mouthed lawyers across the country afraid of legions of law society benchers and bureaucrats. 2005 Metro (Toronto) 8 Dec. 4/2 The law society's elected governors, known as benchers, will consider Hunter's resignation letter at their meeting tomorrow. 2. A person who sits on a bench (or a seat in a boat); an occupant of a tavern bench. Now rare.In quot. a1533 perhaps some misapprehension is involved; it translates French les besches dor, & les bescheurs..Roys ‘the spades of gold and the diggers..kings’.In quot. 1601 referring to the refrain of the alehouse lounger: ‘talk less’ (and drink more).In quot. a1635 punning on sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > frequenting pubs > person taverner1340 benchera1533 barfly1906 pub-crawler1910 pub-goer1951 pub-friend1959 bar-hopper1974 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > in specific place market beaterc1405 market dasher1440 market runner?c1475 benchera1533 bench-whistler1542 bench-babbler1549 Paul's man1616 Paul's-walker1658 benchwarmer1662 round-towner1775 wharf-rat1823 boulevardier1879 sidewalk superintendent1879 bar-loafer1889 stoepsitter1934 beach bum1962 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) f. 120 If the pyllers be of syluer, and benches of gold, and though the benchers be kynges. 1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor iii. iv. sig. H Oh the Benchers phrase: Pauca verba, Pauca verba . View more context for this quotation a1635 T. Randolph High & Mightie Commendation Good Ale (1642) sig. A2 It [sc. a pot of good ale] will open his jaw, he will tell you the Law, And straight be a Bencher with a pot of Good Ale. 1830 Mechanic's Press (Utica, N.Y.) 10 July 274/1 Nor are they topers at taverns, or benchers at groceries, or loafers who ‘chase misfortune o'er the towpath’. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. II. 286 The benchers joke with the women passing by. 1860 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. xiii. 262 Old companions, θρανίται, benchers (of the gallant eight-oar). 1876 Tinsley's Mag. 18 71 Gentle and simple were ‘benchers’, and were content. Stalls are a modern bit of luxury, introduced in imitation of opera manners. 1910 Richmond (Indiana) Morning News 27 Oct. 6/3 City Hall park had a touch of it [sc. snow] and the benchers began to think winter was coming. 1991 Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) 29 Sept. 3 e/2 They're the ‘benchers’. They sit there on the brick-lined walks, lounging on old-fashioned park benches. 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