English Dictionary

cross-bencher

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌkɹɒsˈbɛnt͡ʃə/

名詞

(politics) A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality.

日本語の意味

（政治）英国貴族院、またはカナダやオーストラリアの上院に所属し、党派に属さず独立または中立な立場をとる議員。

As a cross-bencher, she often bridges debates between parties and votes according to conscience.

無所属の貴族院議員として、彼女はしばしば党派間の議論をつなぎ、良心に従って投票します。

意味（1）

(politics) A member of the British House of Lords or the Senate of Canada or Australia who sits on a cross-bench, or who proclaims independence or political neutrality.

Putting the hereditary nobility to one side, the life peers, and especially the cross-benchers, carry on an older, less narrowly professional tradition of distinguished service: rule by the ‘great and the good’, if not necessarily the best and brightest.

cross-benchers （ plural ）