Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One that backs a person, group, or enterprise: financial backers of a ballet company.
- n. One who bets on a contestant.
- n. One who provides or works with backs or backing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who backs or gets on the back: as, a backer of untamed horses.
- n. One who backs or supports, or who aids and abets, another in an undertaking, especially in any trial of skill, agility, or strength; also, one who bets or “lays” his money in favor of a particular person, horse, etc., in a contest; one who indorses the notes or sustains the credit of another.
- n. In architecture, a narrow slate laid on the back of a broad square-headed one, where the slates begin to diminish in width.
- n. Nautical, a strap of rope or sennit fastened to a yard-arm to secure the head-earings of a sail.
- Same as backermore.
Wiktionary
- n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
- adj. phonetics comparative form of back: more back
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest.
WordNet 3.0
- n. invests in a theatrical production
Etymologies
- back + -er (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Another title backer could come on board as well to take over from the departing Saxo Bank.”
Bjarne Riis set to announce signing new sponsor — and perhaps Alberto Contador
“Another title backer could come on board as well to take over from the departing Saxo”
“Swan becomes the title backer for Shaun Muir Racing as they set their sights on the 2010 British Superbike Championship title”
“Petronas, who previously sponsored the BMW-Sauber team, will continue to be the title backer of the Malaysian Grand Prix - the third round of the season at Sepang on April 4.”
“UPDATE, 5: 30 P.M.: John Hlinko, a main backer of the write-in push, responds:”
The Washington Post: Fenty asks write-in supporters to back Gray
“Does everyone know that Rep. Boustany's chief campaign doners & No. 1 campaign backer is the health industry?”
“Athenae helpfully points out to Rev. Arnold, a McCain backer, that "Hindu" is not a god.”
“Sophomore Kasia Sullivan, 19, a McCain backer, said the presidential election was all the talk on campus.”
“On the other hand, Obama supporters should take some comfort knowing the biggest McCain backer in this thread is a racist.”
“The only way this clinton backer is getting behind obama in november is if its to push him off a cliff.”
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