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bencher
/ˈbɛnt͡ʃɚ/
noun 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
necessary
VERB + BENCHER
heard
BENCHER + NOUN
capitol
PREP.
in, than
Definitions
noun
1
A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).
2
One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.
There is Pump Court and Fountain Court, with their hydraulic apparatus, but one never heard of a bencher disporting in the fountain; and can’t but think how many a counsel learned in the law of old days might have benefited by the pump.
3
An alderman of a corporation.
ten of them Aldermen, or chief Benchers
4
A member of a court or council.
Come, come, you are well understood to be a perfecter / giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the / Capitol.
5
One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.
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There is Pump Court and Fountain Court, with their hydraulic apparatus, but one never heard of a bencher disporting in the fountain; and can’t but think how many a counsel learned in the law of old da
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ten of them Aldermen, or chief Benchers
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Come, come, you are well understood to be a perfecter / giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the / Capitol.
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