cross-benchn.

Etymology: cross adj., cross- comb. form 1b(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈbench.

a. A bench placed at right angles to other benches. spec. In the House of Lords, at Westminster, certain benches so placed, on which independent or neutral members sometimes sit.

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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > part of House of Lords

cross-bench1846

1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. p. xvii He seated himself upon the cross benches, an unusual position to take in the House of Lords.

1849 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. I. 15 The cross-benches of neutrality in the House of Commons.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Feb. 3/1 Lord Granville's answer to Lord Wemyss's demand for more cross-benches is one of the neatest things on record.

b. attributive, esp. in the phrase cross-bench mind.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [adjective] > non-party

unaffected1619

unparty1711

non-party1852

mugwumpish1883

cross-bench mind1884

mugwump1886

partyless1896

freelancing1902

personalist1905

1884 Ld. Granville Speech in Ho. Lords in Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Feb. 3/1 Individually..I have no great sympathy with the cross-bench mind..While..I prefer a good Liberal I am afraid I also prefer even a good Tory to those who are neither fish, fowl, flesh, nor good herring.

1884 Duke of Argyll Speech House of Lords 7 July It would be well for this House if a great majority of its members had the cross-bench mind.

Derivatives

ˌcross-ˈbencher n. one who occupies a cross-bench, or asserts his independency of party.

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cross-bencher1885

1885 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 456 Though posing as a cross-bencher, the author writes in a strong Tory spirit of Nationalism.

ˌcross-ˈbenchedness n.

ΚΠ

1885 Sat. Rev. 24 Jan. 101/2 Cross-benchedness has not exactly been justified of all her children.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	cross-bench
释义	cross-benchn. Etymology: cross adj., cross- comb. form 1b(a).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcross-ˈbench. a. A bench placed at right angles to other benches. spec. In the House of Lords, at Westminster, certain benches so placed, on which independent or neutral members sometimes sit. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > place of > part of House of Lords cross-bench1846 1846 J. Baxter Libr. Pract. Agric. (ed. 4) I. p. xvii He seated himself upon the cross benches, an unusual position to take in the House of Lords. 1849 H. Martineau Hist. Eng. I. 15 The cross-benches of neutrality in the House of Commons. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Feb. 3/1 Lord Granville's answer to Lord Wemyss's demand for more cross-benches is one of the neatest things on record. b. attributive, esp. in the phrase cross-bench mind. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [adjective] > non-party unaffected1619 unparty1711 non-party1852 mugwumpish1883 cross-bench mind1884 mugwump1886 partyless1896 freelancing1902 personalist1905 1884 Ld. Granville Speech in Ho. Lords in Pall Mall Gaz. 15 Feb. 3/1 Individually..I have no great sympathy with the cross-bench mind..While..I prefer a good Liberal I am afraid I also prefer even a good Tory to those who are neither fish, fowl, flesh, nor good herring. 1884 Duke of Argyll Speech House of Lords 7 July It would be well for this House if a great majority of its members had the cross-bench mind. Derivatives ˌcross-ˈbencher n. one who occupies a cross-bench, or asserts his independency of party. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > independent cross-bencher1885 1885 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 456 Though posing as a cross-bencher, the author writes in a strong Tory spirit of Nationalism. ˌcross-ˈbenchedness n. ΚΠ 1885 Sat. Rev. 24 Jan. 101/2 Cross-benchedness has not exactly been justified of all her children. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1846
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