Bench Definition
- presiding in a law court; serving as a judge
- not taking part in the game, as an auxiliary player
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Origin of Bench
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From Middle English bench, benk, bynk, from Old English benċ, benc (“bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”). Cognate with Scots benk, bink (“bench”), West Frisian bank (“bench”), Dutch bank (“bench”), German Bank (“bench”), Danish bænk (“bench”), Swedish bänk (“bench”), Icelandic bekkur (“bench”). Related to bank.
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Middle English from Old English benc
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From bench press by shortening.
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See bentsh.
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