Backbench Definition

băkbĕnch
noun
The rear benches in the House of Commons where junior members of Parliament sit behind government officeholders and their counterparts in the opposition party.
American Heritage
New members of Congress considered as a group.
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(politics, UK, New Zealand, often) In a house of legislature following the model of the Westminster system (such as the UK House of Commons), any bench behind either of the front benches and occupied by rank-and-file members.

His spacious quarters indicate his transition from backbench upstart to established member of the governing team.
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Singular:
backbench
Plural:
backbenches

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