SHADOW CABINET
Dictionary entry overview: What does shadow cabinet mean? • SHADOW CABINET (noun)
The noun SHADOW CABINET has 1 sense:
1. a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected
Familiarity information: SHADOW CABINET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SHADOW CABINET (noun)
Meaning:
A group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("shadow cabinet" is a kind of...):
cabinet (persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
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