bencher
/ˈbɛnt͡ʃɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "There is Pump Court and Fountain Court, with their hydraulic apparatus, but one never heard of a bencher disporting in the fountain; and can’t but think how many a counsel learned in the law of old days might have benefited by the pump."
- "ten of them Aldermen, or chief Benchers"
- "Come, come, you are well understood to be a perfecter / giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the / Capitol."
Etymology
From bench + -er.