"Bench" meaning in English

See Bench in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Bench [Term?] (bentʂnon). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|bcq||tr=bentʂnon}} Bench [Term?] (bentʂnon) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|-}} Bench (uncountable)
  1. A language spoken in Ethiopia Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Bench-en-name-tGFMBKNs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 11 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 4 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 4 6
  2. The people who speak the Bench language Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Bench-en-name-zyV8QKmr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Benches [plural]
Etymology: * As an English surname, related to bank (“hill”) and bench * As a German surname, spelling variant of Bensch, Benesch, itself Germanized from Czech Beneš. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{der|en|cs|Beneš}} Czech Beneš Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Benches}} Bench (plural Benches)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Bench-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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