bencher

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: bench=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

bencher, n. 

•  One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.  [1913 Webster]
•  An alderman of a corporation.  Ashmole.  [1913 Webster]
•  A member of a court or council.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bencher, n. Brit.
1 Law a senior member of any of the Inns of Court.
2 (in comb.) Parl. an occupant of a specified bench (backbencher).

ROGET THESAURUS

bencher

Lawyer

N lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.