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(UK politics, slang) The front row of seats below the gangway on the Labour side of the House of Commons, where rebel MPs often sit.
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Alternative form of backbench (noun) [(politics, UK, New Zealand, often attributive) 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.]
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Alternative form of backbench [(politics, UK, New Zealand, often attributive) 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.]
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Alternative form of backbencher [(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.]
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The back row of a classroom.
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(obsolete) An officer in charge of a ballot box.
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A bench or seat for judges in court.
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(law) A table in a common law courtroom at which advocates sit or stand.
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(government) A long seat for politicians in a parliamentary chamber.
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(obsolete) A member of a court or council.
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To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
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A license to pass the limits of a jurisdiction, or boundary of a country, for the purpose of making reprisals for a seizure conducted under a letter of marque; a letter of countermarque.
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(UK politics) A bench placed perpendicular to others, especially certain such benches in the House of Lords on which independent or neutral members traditionally sit.
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Alternative form of cross-bench [(UK politics) Of or pertaining to the cross-benches in the UK houses of parliament.]
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Alternative form of cross-bencher [(politics) A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality.]
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In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery.
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Alternative form of free bench [(law, historical) A married woman's entitlement to the use of her husband's lands or property after he dies; or the land and property itself considered as such an entitlement.]
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Those Members of Parliament occupying the front benches.
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Alternative form of frontbencher [(politics) A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.]
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Alternative form of frontbencher [(politics) A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.]
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Alternative form of front bench [(Britain) In the House of Commons, either of two benches nearest the floor of the chamber, one occupied by the members of the Cabinet and the other by the Shadow Cabinet.]
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(politics) A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.
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(chiefly derogatory) a two-story foyer with a prominent staircase
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(nautical, historical) An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.
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Alternative form of letter of marque.
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Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
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An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
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(military) The bringing together of people representing different nations for some military project.
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(transitive, often reflexive, figuratively) To familiarize (oneself or someone) with a circumstance or situation.
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A manager of a sports team who also plays as a member of the team.
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(military, by extension) The administrative and supply departments of an army.
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The open space between the bench and the counsel tables in a courtroom.
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