different between legislature vs backbencher
legislature
English
Etymology
1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with (French): législature
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?l?d??s?le?t??/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?l?d??sl??t???/
Noun
legislature (plural legislatures)
- A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
- (Canada) The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
- (Canada) A legislative building.
Translations
References
- “legislature” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Italian
Noun
legislature f
- plural of legislatura
legislature From the web:
- what legislature has two houses
- what legislature means
- what legislature do
- what legislation was passed today
- what legislation needs 60 votes
- what legislation regulated banking
- what legislation does the nra support
- what legislation led to the nullification crisis
backbencher
English
Alternative forms
- back-bencher
Etymology
backbench +? -er
Noun
backbencher (plural backbenchers)
- (politics) 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.
- (education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
- (sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
- (by extension) Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
Coordinate terms
- frontbencher
Translations
backbencher From the web:
- what's backbencher mean
- backbencher what does it mean
- what do backbenchers do
- what are backbenchers in uk parliament
- what is backbenchers on flipkart
- what are backbenchers in school
- what are backbenchers in canada
- what does backbencher mean in government
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