bencher
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Is bencher a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Canada, law) A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).Canada
2. (British, law) One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.Examples: "There is Pump Court and Fountain Court, with their hydraulic apparatus, but one never heard of a bencher disporting in the fountain; and can’t but think how many a counsel learned in the law of old days might have benefited by the pump."British
3. (UK, obsolete) An alderman of a corporation.Examples: "ten of them Aldermen, or chief Benchers"UKobsolete
4. (obsolete) A member of a court or council.Examples: "Come, come, you are well understood to be a perfecter / giber for the table than a necessary bencher in the / Capitol."obsolete
5. (obsolete) One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary