English
Alternative forms
Noun
backbencher (plural backbenchers)
- (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.
Coordinate terms
Translations
member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank
- Arabic:
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 後坐議員, 后坐议员 (hòuzuò yìyuán), 普通議員, 普通议员 (pǔtōng yìyuán)
- Finnish: takapenkkiläinen
- French: député de l'arrière-ban m, député sans portefeuille m, députée sans portefeuille f, simple député m
- German: Hinterbänkler m, Hinterbänklerin f
- Icelandic: venjulegur þingmaður m (referring to a man), venjuleg þingkona f (referring to a woman); þingmaður sem ekki er í flokksforystunni m (referring to a man), þingkona sem ekki er í flokksforystunni f (referring to a woman)
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- Japanese: 平議員 (ひらぎいん, hiragiin)
- Korean:
- Manx: cooyl-vinkeyr m
- Persian:
- Russian: рядово́й член парла́мента m (rjadovój člen parlámenta), заднескаме́ечник (ru) m (zadneskaméječnik), заднескаме́ечница f (zadneskaméječnica)
- Spanish:
- Swedish:
- Vietnamese:
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