frontbencher
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.
Example Sentences
- "Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government."
- "Cleverly did not directly respond to the claim from the Labour frontbencher when he later answered her questions."
Etymology
Etymology tree English front bench Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English frontbencher From front bench + -er.