backbencher

noun

back·​bench·​er ˈbak-¦ben-chər 

plural backbenchers

: a rank-and-file member of a legislature

especially : such a member of the British House of Commons or House of Lords

is cordially disliked by the backbenchers in Commons and some of the party intellectuals

—M. H. Rubin

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for backbencher

• adventure
• debenture
• indenture
• bencher
• denture
• quencher
• trencher
• venture
• misadventure
• peradventure