ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Bench-warmer

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Bench-warmer is a noun meaning (sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.

Meaning

(sports, colloquial) A player who rarely or never gets to play in the games or matches, and is most often a substitute.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include benchwarmer, backbencher, second-stringer, bencher, back-bencher, bleacherite.

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