backer
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
Adjective
- comparative form of back: more back
- /eɪ/ This diphthong is a glide from mid front tongue position toward a higher, backer position similar to that of /ɪ/. - 2005, Martin J. Ball, Nicole Müller, Phonetics for Communication Disorders, page 174:
Noun
- One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
Origin
Etymology tree English back Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English backer From back + -er.