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cross-bench

noun

  1. 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.

Then Gunnar stands up, and Thrain too, and they go to the cross-bench.

Thorkel sate in the middle of the cross-bench, and his men away from him on all sides.

He had been described as a type of "the cross-bench mind," and also as a Palmerstonian Liberal with a turn for individualism.

The Viking's wife sat on the cross bench in the open banquet hall.

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