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cross-bench
noun
- usually plural a seat in Parliament occupied by a neutral or independent member
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Derived Forms
- ˈcross-ˌbencher, noun
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Example Sentences
Hallgerda sat upon the cross-bench on the dais, and behaved well.
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Then Gunnar stands up, and Thrain too, and they go to the cross-bench.
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Thorkel sate in the middle of the cross-bench, and his men away from him on all sides.
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He had been described as a type of "the cross-bench mind," and also as a Palmerstonian Liberal with a turn for individualism.
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The Viking's wife sat on the cross bench in the open banquet hall.
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