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BACKBENCHER
backbencher
(noun) a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
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
Source: Wiktionary
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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