Cross-bencher
//ˌkɹɒsˈbɛnt͡ʃə//
"Cross-bencher" in a Sentence (1 examples)
Putting the hereditary nobility to one side, the life peers, and especially the cross-benchers, carry on an older, less narrowly professional tradition of distinguished service: rule by the ‘great and the good’, if not necessarily the best and brightest.
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