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Bencher

//ˈbɛnt͡ʃɚ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick). Canada
  2. 2
    One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court. British

    "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."

  3. 3
    An alderman of a corporation. UK, obsolete

    "ten of them Aldermen, or chief Benchers"

  4. 4
    A member of a court or council. obsolete

    "Come, come, you are well understood to be a perfecter / giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the / Capitol."

  5. 5
    One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler. obsolete

Etymology

From bench + -er.

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