ALL meanings of front bench
front bench
F f - noun front bench (used with a singular verb) (in the House of Commons) either of two seats near the Speaker, on which the leaders of the major parties sit. 1
- noun front bench (used with a singular or plural verb) the leaders who occupy a front bench. 1
- noun front bench senior members of Parliament, as a group 1
- countable noun front bench In Britain, the front bench or people who sit on the front bench are members of Parliament who are ministers in the Government or who hold official positions in an opposition party. 0
- noun front bench the foremost bench of either the Government or Opposition in the House of Commons 0
- noun front bench the leadership (frontbenchers) of either group, who occupy this bench 0
- noun front bench (as modifier) 0
- noun front bench the leadership of the government or opposition in various legislative assemblies 0
- noun front bench (Britain) In the House of Commons, either of two benches nearest the floor of the chamber, one occupied by the members of the Cabinet and the other by the Shadow Cabinet. 0
- noun front bench Those Members of Parliament occupying the front benches. 0