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Definition of Crossbench
1. Noun. Any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Crossbench
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the crossbenches in the UK houses of parliament. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossbench
Literary usage of Crossbench
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Speeches of the Duke of Wellington in Parliament by Duke of Arthur Wellesley Wellington, William Hazlitt (1854)
"But I beg leave to remind the noble Marquis and the noble and learned Lord on
the crossbench (Lord Plunkett) of a fact which they cannot deny, ..."
2. Selected Articles on Modern Industrial Movements by Daniel Bloomfield (1919)
"Moreover, their presence as "crossbench members" might be of considerable assistance
in avoiding a purely sectional line of cleavage and substituting for it ..."
3. Selected Articles on Modern Industrial Movements by Daniel Bloomfield (1919)
"Moreover, their presence as "crossbench members" might be of considerable assistance
in avoiding a ..."
4. The Diary and Correspondence of Charles Abbot, Lord Colchester, Speaker of by Charles Abbot (1861)
"... and in so doing “he begged the noble Lord on the crossbench (Lord C.) to believe
that not the least considerable, or the least disagreeable, ..."
5. The Literary Year-book by Joseph Jacobs (1907)
"1898 ; Ad Rem (Wells Gardner), 1899 ; Ed. Church Problems (Murray), 1902 ; Godly
Union and Concord, 1902 ; crossbench Views of Current Church Questions ..."
6. The Story of Burnt Njal: From the Icelandic of the Njals Saga by George Webbe Dasent (1900)
"Now they went into the booth and into its inner chamber. Thorkel sate in the
middle of the crossbench, and his men away from him on all sides. ..."
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