bencher
English
/ˈbɛntʃə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- (Canadian) A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
- (British) One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.
- (UK) An alderman of a corporation.
- (obsolete) A member of a court or council.
- (obsolete) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
Etymology
Suffix from English bench.
Origin
English
bench
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alebench English
- backbench English
- bantling English
- bench English
- benchership English
- benchland English
- benchless English
- benchlet English
- benchlike English
- benchman English
- benchmark English
- benchrest English
- benchside English
- benchtop English
- benchwork English
- cross-bench English
- cryobench English
- disbench English
- drawbench English
- frontbencher English
- imbenching English
- sawbench English
- testbench English
- wheelbench English
- workbench English
- ベンチ Japanese
- bench Middle English
- बेंच Hindi
- 벤치 Korean
- ibhentshi Zulu
- libhentji Swati