How to pronounce“backbencher”in English
marriage for example >> um I just think it's interesting how many different flavors her career had. So under Thatcher, she was a a
backbencher with not a huge profile and didn't seem to have many prospects. Then she was a home office minister under John Major, but she was most famous for
kind of criticizing her boss, Michael Howard, the home secretary. Um then her failed attempt to become Tory leader, an attempt which lasted for about two
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Definitions of “backbencher”
A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
“Classmates naturally turn to look at the backbencher, who must acknowledge his presence, with some embarrassment.”