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ˈbɛn tʃərbencher
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Benchernoun
Those gentlemen of the inns of court are called benchers, who have been readers; they being admitted to plead within the bar, are also called inner barristers. The benchers, being the seniors of the house, are intrusted with its government and direction, and out of them is a treasurer yearly chosen. Blount. Ephraim Chambers
Etymology: from bench.
I was taking a walk in the gardens of Lincoln’s-Inn, a favour that is indulged me by several benchers, who are grown old with me. Tatler, №. 100.
Wikipedia
Bencher
A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an Inn of Court in England and Wales or the Inns of Court in Northern Ireland, or the Honorable Society of King's Inns in Ireland. Benchers hold office for life once elected. A bencher can be elected while still a barrister (usually, but not always, King's Counsel in the UK or Senior Counsel in Ireland), in recognition of the contribution that the barrister has made to the life of the Inn or to the law. Others become benchers as a matter of course when appointed as a High Court judge. The Inn may elect non-members as honorary benchers – for example, distinguished judges and lawyers from other countries, eminent non-lawyers or (in the English Inns) members of the British Royal Family, who become known as "Royal Benchers" once elected. One member of each Inn is the Treasurer, a position which is held for one year only. While succession to the post of Treasurer was once dependent purely on seniority (or auncienty), this is no longer the case. The Treasurer is now elected. Two Readers are also elected each year.
Webster Dictionary
Benchernoun
one of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court
Benchernoun
an alderman of a corporation
Benchernoun
a member of a court or council
Benchernoun
one who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler
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Bencher
A bencher or Master of the Bench is a senior member of an Inn of Court in England and Wales. Benchers hold office for life once elected. A bencher can be elected while still a barrister, in recognition of the contribution that the barrister has made to the life of the Inn or to the law. Others become benchers as a matter of course when appointed as a High Court Judge. The Inn may elect non-members as honorary benchers - for example, distinguished judges and lawyers from other countries, eminent non-lawyers or members of the British Royal Family, who become known as "Royal Benchers" once elected. The most senior bencher of each Inn is the Treasurer, a position which is held for one year only. While succession to the post of Treasurer may once have been dependent purely on seniority, this is no longer the case. The Treasurer is elected.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of bencher in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of bencher in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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He had not been leading on issues of any significance, in my time in the Senate, you can accuse me of being a lot of things, but a back-bencher is not one of them.
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