Frontbencher

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.

    "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."

  2. 2
    a member of the House of Commons who is a minister in the government or who holds an official position in an opposition party wordnet

Synonyms

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backbencher

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From front bench + -er.

Related phrases

front benchmember of parliament

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