Usually means: Member of parliament, not government.
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General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. backbencher: Merriam-Webster
  2. backbencher: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backbencher: Collins English Dictionary
  4. backbencher: Vocabulary.com
  5. Backbencher, backbencher: Wordnik
  6. backbencher: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. backbencher: Wiktionary
  8. backbencher: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. backbencher: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. backbencher: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. backbencher: Dictionary.com
  12. Backbencher (radio drama), Backbencher: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. backbencher: Rhymezone
  14. backbencher: FreeDictionary.org
  15. backbencher: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. backbencher: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. backbencher: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. backbencher: Encyclopedia

(Note: See backbench as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
noun:  (education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
noun:  (sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
noun:  (by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.

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