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n. - Any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the opposition.

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  • Then Bergthora went up to the crossbench, and Thorhalla with her, and Bergthora said to Hallgerda, "Thou shalt give place to this woman."
  • He declined the offer, preferring to sit on the crossbench.
  • Lord Skidelsky is a crossbench peer and biographer of J.M. Keynes
  • The opposition and crossbench senators will press for major amendments.
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