cross-bencher

See also: crossbencher

English

cross-bench +‎ -er

cross-bencher (plural cross-benchers)

(politics) A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality.
- 2007, Bruce Ackerman, "Meritocracy v. Democracy," London Review of Books, vol. 29, no. 5, p. 9,
  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.

单词	cross-bencher
释义	cross-bencher See also: crossbencher English Alternative forms crossbencher Etymology cross-bench +‎ -er Pronunciation IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒsˈbɛnt͡ʃə/ Noun cross-bencher (plural cross-benchers) (politics) A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality. 2007, Bruce Ackerman, "Meritocracy v. Democracy," London Review of Books, vol. 29, no. 5, p. 9, 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. Further reading “cross-bencher”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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