Usually means: Less influential, non-ministerial Members of Parliament.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word backbench:

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  1. backbench: Merriam-Webster
  2. backbench: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. backbench: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. backbench: Collins English Dictionary
  5. backbench: Vocabulary.com
  6. Backbench, backbench: Wordnik
  7. backbench: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. backbench: Wiktionary
  9. backbench: Dictionary.com
  10. Backbench (comics), Backbench: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. backbench: Rhymezone
  12. backbench: FreeDictionary.org
  13. backbench: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. backbench: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. backbench: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  16. backbench: Merriam-Webster

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  1. backbench: Encyclopedia

(Note: See backbencher as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  relating to the back benches in parliament
adjective:  Pertaining to the preparation of a donor organ prior to transplantation.
adjective:  Secondary or inactive.
noun:  A bench at the back of a room or seating area.
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 members of each party group who are not party leaders, cabinet ministers, holders of offices such as the whips, etc.
noun:  The back row of a classroom.
noun:  The back pew of a church.
noun:  A back bench in a courtroom.
noun:  The back seat of an automobile, van, or bus.
noun:  A position of secondary importance.
noun:  (newspaper, publishing) A group of top-level journalists who jointly review submissions and decide on the layout and emphasis of the newspaper.

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