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noun
(in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
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Origin of shadow cabinet
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby shadow cabinet
shadoof, shadow, shadow ban, shadow bands, shadowbox, shadow cabinet, shadow dance, shadow docket, shadowed, shadowgraph, shadow history
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How to use shadow cabinet in a sentence
Diane Zeleny, a policy consultant and former foreign service officer, noted those assembled were the “shadow cabinet.”
Yet, at the party conference and in Shadow Cabinet meetings and in Parliament, she regularly reduced these chaps to mush.
In recent months, Cameron has sought to bulk up his shadow cabinet.